From Maiharaji Altine
One of the 85 kidnapped victims of Wanzamai village in Tsafe local government area of Zamfara state Zainab Abdullahi has escaped from bandits’ camp and returned home, while the remaining 84 are still in captivity.
Speaking to Analyzer news on phone on Friday, an indigene of the area, Abubakar Na,allah said, Zainab Abdullahi was able to escape last last Friday night and has returned to her parents in Wanzamai village.
Na,allah said, Zainab was among the kidnapped girls who were assigned by the bandits to be fetching firewoods for cooking to kidnapped victims in bandits camp.
He said, “When Zainab and other girls went to fetch firewoods, she (Zainab) decided to ran way and was able to come back home”.
Na,allah said, she was well and hearty although she looked pale.
He expressed disgust over the refusal of the bandits to release the abducted persons despite the N3 million they collected from the Wanzamai community.
Recalled that, the bandits had levied the Wanzamai community the sum of N3 million for the release of the 85 kidnapped victims but after collecting the money, they (bandits) insisted that, additional amount should be paid.
The bandits have also insisted that the military personnel deployed to Wanzamai village should be withdrawn from the village.
But the commissioner of Security DIG (retired) Mamman Tsafe told Analyzer news that the state government would not withdraw the military personnel attached to that village.
“We will not withdraw the military personnel no matter the pressure from the bandits”.
