Bandits, who abducted the wife and two daughters of a lecturer with the Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau in Zamfara State, Dr Abdurrazak Muazu, have demanded N50 million ransom.
A family member, Mohammed Jamilu, told newsmen that the bandits have called and informed them that they needed the sum of N100 million but later reduced the amount to N50 million.
Jabaka, however, explained that negotiation was still ongoing, stressing that the amount was outrageous.
Some gunmen suspected to be bandits, last Friday, kidnapped the wife and two daughters of a lecturer with the Federal College of Education Technical Gusau in Zamfara State, Dr. Abdurrazak Muazu.
The wife, Binta Umar Jabaka and the two daughters, Maryam Abdurrazak and Hafsat Abdurrazak were kidnapped in their house, in Mareri village the outskirts of Gusau town, the state capital at about one o’clock in the night on Friday.
The spokesperson of the state police command SP Mohammed Shehu has confirmed the incident to newsmen stressing that, “the Command has since drafted its Tactical operatives to pursue the bandits in order to rescue the victims.”
