The Destiny Trust, a child well-being foundation, has added John Mohammed (not real name), a 17-year-old survivor of the evils of banditry, to its foundation.

In a Twitter thread released on Saturday, the foundation said John escaped the den of bandits months after he and 69 other students were abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi.

The Destiny Trust said John had been depressed for a long time because of the trauma, brutality, and horror the bandits put him through.

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“John had been on a depressive low and had been speechless for months. He started relieving the gory images after months of therapy by the amazing people at Doctors Health Initiative who stood with him and his family through it all,” read a tweet.

“When John gets his voice, he will have so much to talk about. The father is dead. The mother is battling advanced cancer. His village is still under the frequent attack of bandits. He escaped before the last February episode.”

Destiny Trust expressed happiness in offering John a new family where he could recover from the untold trauma of the past months.

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A group of about 100 bandits broke into the Federal Government College in Birnin Yauri, Nigeria, on June 17, 2021, taking 70 students and four teachers hostage in broad daylight.

When the bandits broke into the school, they injured two students and killed a police officer.

On October 21, 2021, the bandits released 30 of the abducted students; and on January 8, 2022, they released another 30 students and one teacher.