• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

Bandits Demand N150m For Abducted 30 Wedding Guests

by Umar Mohammed
3 years ago
in News, Cover Stories, Featured
Bandits Demand N150m
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

Bandits have demanded N150 million ransom for the wedding guests they kidnapped last weekend on the Sokoto-Gusau Highway.

Advertisement

Most of the victims, LEADERSHIP learnt are members of Zamfara GSM Union of Communication.

The bandits had abducted 50 of the wedding guests, who were returning from Sokoto when the Coaster bus they boarded developed a fault. While 20 of them escaped, the bandits took 30 others to their den.

The terrorists’ request for ransom was contained an audio circulated yesterday on social media where one of the bandit leaders said the sum of N5 million was placed on each of the victims.

The Zamfara GSM operators were kidnapped along Sokoto-Gusau Road while returning from a wedding fatiha of their colleague.

ADVERTISEMENT

The bandits’ leader, after bargaining with one of the GSM Union of Communication, insisted that N5 million must be paid per each abducted person.

He said, “Go around and look for money either from the relatives of the victims or contact the state government in order to have the  members released.”

RELATED

Tinubu’s Wife Commissions Law Faculty Building In Kano

Don’t Make National Library Completion Your Pet Project, ADC Tells First Lady

7 seconds ago
25 Years After Return To Civil Rule How Has Journalism Fared?

Think-tank On NIIRA, Insurance Industry Recapitalisation Debuts

4 minutes ago

According to him, “failure to meet our demand is equal to sacrificing their lives.”

ADVERTISEMENT

Already, Governor Bello Matawalle has directed security agents to move to the forest to rescue the victims.


Join Our WhatsApp Channel



Tags: Bandits Attack
SendShare10180Tweet6363Share
ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

BREAKING: Kidnapped Kwara Anglican Bishop, Wife, Driver Regain Freedom

Next Post

2022 Hajj: Kano Govt Defends Rejection Of Azman Air

Umar Mohammed

Umar Mohammed

You May Like

Tinubu’s Wife Commissions Law Faculty Building In Kano
News

Don’t Make National Library Completion Your Pet Project, ADC Tells First Lady

2025/09/04
25 Years After Return To Civil Rule How Has Journalism Fared?
News

Think-tank On NIIRA, Insurance Industry Recapitalisation Debuts

2025/09/04
Insurance Firms Begin Self-prescribed Recapitalisation As Minimum Capital Controversy Rages
Business

6 Underwriters Support IMT 4.0 To Boost Insurers, Tech Partnership

2025/09/04
Group Activates Plans To Tackle Fraud In Fintech Space
Business

Fintech, Financial Inclusion Fusion To Deepen Banking, Insurance Penetration – Experts

2025/09/04
Pension Operators Sensitise Young Professionals To Cancer Awareness
Business

Pension Fund Operators Raise Awareness On Liver Damage, Management

2025/09/04
Flight Disruptions: NCAA Threatens To Sanction EgyptAir, NG Eagle
Business

Unruly Air Travellers Risk Denied Boarding, Arrest, NCAA Warns

2025/09/04
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

Don’t Make National Library Completion Your Pet Project, ADC Tells First Lady

How Swiss Govt Project Boosts Women Inclusion, Participation In Politics Campaign

Jigawa APC Group Urges Disciplinary Action Against Financial Secretary

Think-tank On NIIRA, Insurance Industry Recapitalisation Debuts

6 Underwriters Support IMT 4.0 To Boost Insurers, Tech Partnership

Fintech, Financial Inclusion Fusion To Deepen Banking, Insurance Penetration – Experts

Pension Fund Operators Raise Awareness On Liver Damage, Management

Unruly Air Travellers Risk Denied Boarding, Arrest, NCAA Warns

Abuja NUJ, Rotary Club Maitama Partner To Drive Humanitarian Projects, Fight Against Polio

Customs Unveil Advanced Cargo Screening X-Ray At SAHCO Hajj Terminal

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.