Terrorists have abducted four people in Kolo village of Gusau local government area in Zamfara state and refused to collect old Naira notes as ransom.
The abducted persons included one man, one woman and two children who are orphans.
An indigene of the area Mohammed Ibrahim said the bandits have earlier demanded N10m as ransom but after the negotiation, they agreed to collect N5m.
He added that as the people of the village were trying to source the amount through communal effort, the terrorists sent a message today (Tuesday) that, they would not release the kidnapped victims until after the change of new Naira notes.
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“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 that they would keep the abducted persons in their camps until next month, December when the new Naira notes were released”.
All efforts to talk to the spokesperson of the state police command SP Mohammed Shehu and the state’s information commissioner Ibrahim Dosara failed as they refused to pick up phone calls after several attempts.
