Bandits released six persons from a group of 28 people they had been holding for 67 days, saying they released four of them as ‘Sallah gifts’ to their community in Katsina State.
The gunmen had in May reportedly killed a local businessman, kidnapped 28 residents and rustled several cattle in Batsari town.
According to local sources, the bandits on Friday evening communicated that they would release a woman and her son after her husband, paid them N2.5m as ransom.
However, a resident, Misbahu Batsari, said, “When they were to release the woman and her son, they decided to free four other persons in captivity as Sallah gift to the people of the community.”
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A source said the victims had been taken to the hospital for a medical check-up.
The source said, “They (the released victims) look very tired and frustrated. They told us how heartless the kidnappers are. An infant, who was kidnapped alongside his mother, died in the kidnappers’ den.”
The four people sent as ‘Sallah gifts’ include, Marwanatu Bello, Zainab Bello, Yakubu Bello and Muhammad Bello.
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Police spokesperson in the state, Gambo Isa, said he had issued a statement on the ‘rescue’ of those kidnapped but added that he had no information “about the release of those six people”.
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