The terrorists who abducted over 29 wedding guests in Sokoto State on Saturday, are demanding a ransom of N145million.
The secretary-general of the Phone Sellers Association in the state, Nasiru Musa, revealed this to TVC News on Tuesday.
Majority of the hostages are mobile phone dealers at the Bebeji Communication Market in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State.
They were abducted on Saturday evening while returning from the wedding of one of their colleagues in Tambuwal in Sokoto.
The bandits ambushed two buses conveying the wedding guests back to Gusau in Dogon Awo immediately after Bimasa village in the Tureta local government area of Sokoto.
Musa said, “The bandits called twice on Monday morning to inform us of their stand regarding our members that are with them”
“They said we should bring five million naira for each of the twenty-nine persons with them which in total is N145 million before they can be released.”
The chairman of the association, Mustapha Khalifa, confirmed that who escaped during the abduction are currently receiving treatment at the Talata Mafara General Hospital.
The spokesperson of the police command, Mohammed Shehu, also confirmed this, adding that the police commissioner has sent special operatives to track the bandits and rescue the abductees.
