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Bandits Abduct Village Head, Chief Imam in Zamfara, Demand N5million
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Bandits Abduct Village Head, Chief Imam In Zamfara, Demand N5Million
From Ahmad Ibrahim Gusau
The village head of Rakyabu village of Tsafe local Government area in Zamfara state, Magaji Sa,idu and the Chief Imam of the village Malam Abdullahi were abducted by bandits.
An indigene of the area, Amadu Mohammed told newsmen that, the village head and the Chief Imam were abducted in their houses by bandits last night.
The bandits, according to Mohammed demanded the sum of N5 million as ransom but the community were only able to raise the sum of five hundred thousand Naira.
According to him, the N500,000 were raised through donations by the people of the village who wanted to rescue their village head and the Chief Imam.
He lamented that, the bandits have collected the N500.000 and refused to release the two abducted persons.
He said, “When the bandits sent a message demanding N5 million as ransom, the families of the two abducted people could not get any reasonable amount”.
“As such, we decided to launch an appeal fund where we generated the sum of N500.000 and handed the amount to the bandits”.
“They collected the money and told us that, we must pay the remaining balance which is N4.5 million”.
Mohammed maintained that, the community could not get the remaining balance at the moment.
According to him, the bandits have been collecting ransoms and have been stealing their properties and animals.
“We have nothing to sell and get the money needed by the bandits because they have taken everything from us”.
He called on the appropriate authorities to do something to rescue their village head and the Chief Imam.
The spokesperson of the state police command ASP Yazid Abubakar could not be reached for comment at the time of filing.
