…Demand N50 million ransom for Army Officer’s launch
Barely two days after the Niger State Home of Meeting raised the alarm over the occupation of a army coaching camp on the Nagwamase army cantonment in Kontagora, a high army officer serving within the cantonment has been kidnapped by gunmen.
The army officer, in response to a dependable supply was kidnapped on Wednesday from his farm across the bush the place the bandits are stated to be occupying for weeks.
Recalled that, a member of the state Home of Meeting, representing Kontagora 11, Hon. Abdullahi Isah had on Tuesday on the ground of the Home disclosed that the terrorists had taken over the army coaching camp in Kontagora and that 23 communities inside the coaching camp have been compelled to desert their houses.
This was because the Nigerian Military by the Director of Public Relations, Main Common Onyema Nwachukwu on Wednesday refuted the claims and described it as “unfaithful and calculated to incite pointless panic within the neighbourhood”.
Nonetheless, a really dependable supply instructed newsmen that the abductors of the army officer had demanded N50 million ransom for his launch.
The bandits additionally kidnapped 9 individuals from Masaha in Madera ward, one of many 23 communities which have been sacked because of the actions of the gunmen.
It was gathered that three out of the 9 males who had been picked from their farms had been killed by their abductors halfway into their journey and their our bodies deserted within the bush.
Confirming the assaults, Ibrahim Enagi, eldest son of one of many victims, the late Alhaji Alhassan Usman Enagi, instructed our Correspondent that his late father was kidnapped on his means again from the farm.
Based on him, “My father was shot by the bandits after he complained that he was drained and couldn’t proceed the journey. Three of them had been killed and their our bodies had been deserted within the bush.
“it was those that managed to flee from the bandits that got here to inform us that my father and two different individuals had been killed as a result of they complained of tiredness throughout their journey within the bush”.
In the meantime, the bandits stated to be numbering properly over 50 had been stated to have blocked the Minna-Kontagora freeway on Thursday, leaving motorists and commuters scrambling for his or her lives.
Based on our supply, the bandits blocked the freeway about 15 kilometres from Kontagora and operated for over one hour.
As of the time of submitting this report, particulars of their (Bandits) operation are but unknown and no response by the army.
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