Bandits Kidnap 7 In Zamfara, Demand N100m

The Zamfara State Police Command has revealed that Seven people from Nahuche village of Bungudu Local Government have been kidnapped by armed bandits.

The villagers including a former councillor, Bello Daniya were ad in the early hours of Sunday.

SP Mohammed Shehu, the Public Relation Officer of the command, while confirming the incident, said a combined team of security operatives were on the trail of the abductors.

An eye witness, Malam Sani Ibrahim, had earlier told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the bandits besieged the village in large numbers, fired guns into the air and ordered the villagers to show them the house of Bungudu local government APC chairman, Alhaji Hamisu Coordinator.

He said that the abductors, however, found themselves in the former councillor’s house, who is a neighbour to the APC chairman, where they took him, four boys and two girls.

Ibrahim said the abductors later released one of the victims with a note demanding N100 million as ransom to release the remaining victims.

He appealed to members of the public with useful information on the movement of criminals to report to relevant security agencies for prompt action. (NAN)