Terrorists have abducted 10 people in two communities of Dogondaji and Kazauda villages in the Wanke district of Gusau Local Government Area in Zamfara State and demanded a N20m ransom.
Speaking to The PUNCH on the phone, 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 a ransom of N2m for each of the abducted persons.
He said, “The terrorists were demanding N2m for the release of each of the 10 people in their captivity, making the total amount to be N20m.”
Musa maintained that his community in Kazauda village was able to mobilise a 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 N1.1m through donations from some of us and informed the terrorists about this.”
“But they told us that they would not collect less than N2m from each of the people in their captivity.”
Musa appealed to the 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, Hon Shafiu Dama on how to rescue the people of his constituency, but he did not pick up the phone calls after several attempts.
When contacted on phone, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Mohammed Shehu, said that they would investigate the matter, but did not make further comment. “We will investigate the matter,” Shehu said.
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