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TERRORISTS REFUSE TO RELEASE CAPTIVES AFTER  COLLECTING N17 MILLION RANSOM

Three days later, the terrorists reached out to the community and demanded N50 million as ransom. But residents said they couldn’t raise such a huge amount.

Newsroom Nigeria by Newsroom Nigeria
October 5, 2023
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By Suleyman Dunoma Abuja

Residents of Janbako, an agrarian community in Maradun Local Government, Zamfara State have resorted to prayers after terrorists refused to release members of the community after collecting a ransom of N17 million and a motorcycle.
The captives have spent more than 40 days in captivity.
The residents of the community said they expected the victims to be released after the ransom was paid but the terrorists are still holding on to the captives
The terrorists attacked the community on 15 August and abducted 21 residents of the community mostly women and children.
Three days later, the terrorists reached out to the community and demanded N50 million as ransom. But residents said they couldn’t raise such a huge amount.
“They abducted my two wives, Rayyanatu and Farisha, my daughter, Halimatu and my niece, Sha’awa when they came. In all, they took about 21 people in our town, most of them being women and children,” Saidu Samaila, a resident of Janbako said.
He said he has not heard from any of his immediate family members since the abduction.
Another resident who only gave his name as Kasimu said the community met and decided to discuss the ransom demanded by the terrorists.
“When they said N50 million, we knew it would be impossible because we couldn’t gather such an amount. We’re nothing but farmers and local traders and farming is near impossible now. Even trading, how many people now go to local markets? It’s impossible because the bandits are all over the place abducting and killing people. So, we met and decided to ask them for a reduction,” Mr Kasimu, whose sister was among those abducted, said.
After a series of negotiations, the terrorists agreed to accept N17 million and a brand-new Boxer motorcycle as ransom.
Residents of the community gathered N10.5 million. They reached out to people from the community living or working in other places in the country and taxed themselves.
“When we took the money, they said we should try to get the balance before they kill our people,” a community leader, who asked not to be named for security reasons, told PREMIUM TIMES over the phone. “We had to source for the remaining N5.5 million to make it N17 million but before we took the money, they called and asked that we buy a brand new motorcycle as part of the ransom. It was a new request but we had no option.”
The community leader said seven days after the balance and the motorcycle were given to the terrorists, they are yet to release the captives.
“We’ve resorted to prayers now because we don’t know why they’re yet to release our families for us,” Mr Samaila said.
PREMIUM TIMES reached out to the police spokesperson in the state, Yazeed Abubakar, to seek more details on the development but received no response.

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