Speaking to The PUNCH in a telephone conversation, an indigene of the area, Ibrahim Musa, said six people were abducted in his village of Kazauda while four were abducted in Dogondaji village by the terrorists who demanded the sum of N2 million ransom for each of the abducted persons.
He said, “The terrorists were demanding N2 million for the release of each of the 10 people in their captivity making the total amount to be N20 million.”
Musa added that his community in Kazauda village was able to mobilise to sum of only N1.1m, while the Dogondaji village was yet to gather any amount.
He said, “We were able to get the sum of N1.1 million through donation from some of us and informed the terrorists about this.
“But they told us that they will not collect less than N2m from each of the people in their captivity.”
Musa appealed to concerned authorities to come to their aid and assist in the rescue of the kidnapped victims.
Frantic efforts were made to speak to the member of the state House of Assembly representing the area, Shafi,u Dama, on how to rescue the people of his constituency but he did not pick up his calls after several attempts.
When contacted on phone, the spokesperson for the state police command, SP Mohammed Shehu, said they would investigate the matter, but did not make further comment.
“We will investigate into the matter,” said Shehu.
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