The Sokoto Order Police Command has labelled as unconfirmed a N1 billion ransom allegedly demanded through kidnappers of a district head in Sokoto Order, Isa Bawa, and his son (title confidential).
Bawa, the district head of Gatawa, and his son had been kidnapped through unknown gunmen at Kwanan Maharba hour they had been getting back from Sokoto terminating Saturday, Day-to-day Consider experiences.
When contacted on Monday, the command’s spokesman, Ahmad Rufai, advised our correspondent in a phone interview that the police had been ignorant of the ransom call for.
Alternatively, he showed that Bawa and his son had been kidnapped.
“I will be able to handiest ascertain the kidnapping of the district head and his son, however at the factor of ransom, the sufferers’ households don’t percentage ransom talks with the police. They all the time disguise it inside themselves.
“As I speak, we don’t have any official report on the issue of ransom but the kidnapping is confirmed. We are making efforts to ensure to rescue him alongside his son,” Rufai stated.
In its experiences, Day-to-day Consider had mentioned that kidnappers reportedly demanded N1bn for the let go of Bawa and two alternative family members.
It mentioned that in line with a valuable supply, the abductors advised the Secretary of the Sarkin Gobir Sabon Birni and demanded the N1bn ransom.
“But negotiation is ongoing because there is no way such amount can be raised,” the supply advised Day-to-day Consider.
Extra so, the Sole Administrator of Sabon Birni Native Govt, Garba Kaba, stated, “All I know is that the abductors called and said the district heads, his son and brother are with them and safe.”
The kidnapping was once additionally showed through the lawmaker representing Sabon Birni South, Aminu Boza.
In March 2024, the command showed the kidnapping of 15 Islamic training pupils and a girl in Gidan Bakuso, a village within the Gada LG of the environment.
Rufa’i showed the kidnapping to the Information Company of Nigeria in Sokoto, including that the invaders took benefit of the village’s far flung location to perpetrate their malicious acts.