Suspected terrorists abducted four persons consisting a man, woman and two children, in Kolo village, in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
VOP news gathered that following the victims’ abduction, the suspects demanded N10 million naira ransom and rejected the old naira notes.
An indigene in the area, Mohammed Ibrahim, said the bandits later reduced the ransom to N5 million naira, stating that people in the village had been trying to raise the money to secure the safe release of the victims.
Calls made to the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu, and the state Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara, rang out.
Text messages sent to their mobile numbers are yet to be responded to as of the time of filing this report.
