Bandits have reportedly killed the Vice Chairman of Bukuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Mu’azu Muhammad Gwashi, despite receiving a ₦15 million ransom for his release.
According to a report by Daily Trust, Mr Gwashi had spent over six months in captivity, with his abductors initially demanding ₦30 million.
A resident, Muhammad Mansur Sani, said the community struggled to raise the ransom before the abductors released and later rearrested the official.
“They demanded ₦30 million, which we couldn’t afford. After collecting ₦15 million, they brought him to the community. Many people saw him, but they later took him back into the forest and killed him,” he said.
The Zamfara State Commissioner for Information, Mahmud Muhammad Dantawasa, has condoled with the deceased’s family and the people of Bukuyum, describing the killing as “tragic and deeply painful.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident two days earlier, bandits attacked Saran Wawa village in Ruwan Rana district, abducting five nursing mothers each carrying a baby and four others.
A relative of one of the victims, Malam Shehu, said the attack took place around midnight on December 8, adding that the victims were taken to an unknown location. The kidnappers have not yet contacted the families.
