Bandits Demand N40 Trillion, Vehicles, Bikes As Ransom For Kaduna Victims

Eko Hot Blog reports that Bandits who abducted 16 residents from the Gonin Gora region of Kaduna State have demanded 40 trillion naira as ransom for their victims.

Governor Uba Sani

Apart from the huge monetary demand, the bandits also asked for 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles in exchange for the 16 persons they are holding captive.

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This development was confirmed to newsmen by a community leader, John Yusuf, who said the Kidnappers got in touch with the victims’ families and asked for the items.

File Image of some Militants

“The bandits have contacted us. They are demanding N40 trillion, 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles for the release of 16 people they are holding captive,” he said.

President Bola Tinubu on Monday expressed readiness to end the perennial farmers, herders crisis in the country.

“Give Me Two Weeks” – Tinubu Vows To End Herders Crisis

Meanwhile, President Tinubu has vowed to draw up programmes that would end the crisis within two to three weeks.

He made this known during the inauguration of the mechanised agricultural project in Minna, Niger State.

The President, however, noted that state governors should provide lands that would help in facilitating his programme.

According to Tinubu: “We must reorient our farming population, including livestock programme.

“I don’t see why Nigeria can’t feed all our pupils with one pint of milk a day if the dairy system is well harnessed.

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“I know what it means as an economic sabotage for cows to eat up the crops and vegetations of our land.

“When we reorient the herders and make provisions for cattle rearing, governors must provide the land and I as the President is committed to giving you, in two to three weeks time, a comprehensive programme that will solve this problem.”

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