Gunmen who abducted 105 people in Nigeria last week are not after ransom payments but negotiations
Gunmen who abducted 105 people in northwest Nigeria last week are not after ransom payments but negotiations with the Zamfara state government, five families of the victims who were contacted by the armed men said on Monday.
The gunmen attacked the villages of Gora, Madomawa and Jambuzu in Zamfara’s Birnin-Magaji local government area on Friday night, seizing dozens of residents. “They don’t need any ransom from us, but said if we need our loved ones back, they asked me and other people to deliver message to the state’s governor. The government should reach out to them for negotiations,” he told Reuters by phone.
Wadatau Adamu’s four daughters were abducted, he said, adding that attacks by gunmen happened frequently in rural and remote villages like Gora, with little or no security forces present.
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