Bandits have imposed a N24 million levy on nine communities in Bukkuyum LGA of Zamfara state. In letters delivered to the communities through released captives, the bandits threatened to attack the communities if the levies were not paid promptly. According to Daily Trust, the levied communities are Gaude, Tungar Gebe, Wawan Iccen Ibrahim, Wawan Iccen […]
Continue ReadingBandits have released the wife and two daughters of a lecturer with the Federal College of Education Technical Gusau in Zamfara State, Dr. Abdurrazak Muazu, after collecting the sum of N10m. A family member, Mohammed Bello said the victims were released on the early hours of Monday when the bandits who earlier demanded the sum […]
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Bandits who abducted the wife and two daughters of a lecturer at the Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau, Zamfara State, Dr Muazu Abdurrazak, have demanded the sum of N50m as ransom. A family member of the victims, Mohammed Jamilu, told newsmen that the bandits informed them that they needed the sum of N100m, which […]
Continue ReadingThe Zamfara State Police Command yesterday said it had rescued 97 kidnap victims during the onslaught against bandits in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkanah, who announced this in a statement in Gusau, said the victims included seven pregnant women, 19 babies within the ages of two to seven months and 16 children […]
Continue ReadingBello Turji, a notorious bandits’ leader in Zamfara State, on Monday, released 52 people who had been under captivity for a long time, according to Daily Trust. “The freed captives are currently being moved from the forest to an agreed spot where they will be ferried to Shinkafi town. “Buses have been lined up and […]
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