Esther Joseph, a clothes vendor whose daughter was kidnapped from her school in 2021 and released with ransom, makes a selection of her wares in her home before going to the market in Kaduna, Nigeria, March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Abraham Achirga/File Photo
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Esther Joseph said she went "almost mad" with anguish when her 13-year-old daughter Precious Sim was kidnapped from a northern Nigeria high school along with other students on July 5, 2021.
In the following days, she tried to go after the kidnappers in the surrounding forest, but army soldiers - alerted by fellow community members - caught up with her and brought her back.
