Abductors of the family members of the Emir of Kagarko in Kaduna State, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, are demanding N150 million ransom for the abductees.
The bandits have also threatened to abduct the emir if his family fails to raise the ransom.
Recall that bandits on May 8, 2023, invaded the emir’s private house and parted with three of his daughters and five grandchildren.
However, one of the grandchildren, Yusuf Sa’ad, escaped later after the abductors discovered he knew some of them which would ultimately have led to them killing him.
“Since they abducted the emir’s daughters and grandchildren, they called up to five times but didn’t talk about ransom until last Thursday when their leader demanded N150m.” Daily Trust quoted a source as saying.
He further said that the emir had since the incident stood his ground that he had no money to pay for ransom; a situation which he said angered the bandits’ leader who threatened to come after the emir if the family failed to raise the N150m.
The source added that troops and vigilantes had since the incident been combing forests to trace the bandits in order to rescue the victims.
Spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Muhammed Jalige, has reacted to the development.
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