Bandits Abduct Village Head, Chief Imam In Zamfara, Demand N5m As Ransom

Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Monday, kidnapped the village head of Rakyabu, in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Magaji Sa,idu and the Chief Imam of the village, Malam Abdullahi.

According to a local, the community leaders were abducted from their homes when the bandits stormed the village on Monday night.

He said that the bandits demanded the sum of N5 million as ransom but the community were only able to raise N500,000 (five hundred thousand Naira).

“The N500,000 was raised through donations by the people of the village who wanted to rescue their village head and the Chief Imam. The bandits have collected the money but refused to release the victims.

“They collected the money and told us that we must pay the remaining balance which is N4.5 million,” he lamented.

He called on the relevant authorities to come immediately for the rescue of the victims.

The spokesperson of the State Police Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar is yet to comment or issue a statement on the development.