“Yes, our candidate was kidnapped early this morning” – APGA Chairman
Terrorists have abducted four persons consisting a man, woman and two children, in Kolo village, in the Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Sources claimed that following the victims’ abduction, the suspects demanded N10m ransom and rejected the old naira notes.
Another source said the bandits later reduced the ransom to N5m, adding that people in the village had been trying to raise the money to secure the safe release of the victims.
“As we were trying to gather the money demanded by the terrorists, they sent another message this morning that they would not collect old naira notes.
“They said they would keep the abducted persons in their camps until the release of the new naira notes in December,” Ibrahim said.
The Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO)Mohammed Shehu(SP) could not be reached for confirmation.
Similarly, gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped the House of Assembly candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) Nduka Anyanwu, in Imo State.
Sources claimed that he was campaigning with his supporters when the gunmen invaded the rally and whisked him away.
A source said, “The gunmen stopped him (Anyanwu) on the way as he was going to finalise arrangements for his polling agents. We are yet to ascertain where they took him to and the kidnappers are yet to make any contact.”
When contacted, the APGA Chairman in Imo state, John Iwuala, who confirmed the kidnap, said the politician had been freed.
Iwuala said, “Yes, our candidate was kidnapped early this morning, but just as we were about to report it officially, we heard that the kidnappers had released him. The kidnappers collected all he had with him as at the time he was kidnapped.”
The Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) Mike Abattam could not be reached for confirmation.