No fewer than 63 people have been abducted from three communities in Pandogari District of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, just as Joint Security Taskforce in the state has rescued 13 kidnapped victims being held hostage by bandits
The 63 villagers were Kidnapped from Durmin, Jarmiya and Pandogari – all lest than 10 kilometers from Pandogari town where a camp of the Joint Security Task Force is stationed.
According to the Nation, a source in Pandogari community disclosed that out of the 14 persons abducted in Jarmiya, eight were released after the terrorists collected N6 million and two motorcycles as ransom.
The source also said the terrorists were demanding N200,000 recharge cards for the release of the remaining six persons.
At Durmin, the terrorists collected N8 million from the families of eight captives while 33 others are said to still be in captivity.
