[NEWS] BANDITS COLLECTED N3BN

THE COMMITTEE SET UP BY GOVERNOR BELLO MATAWALLE TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO BANDITRY IN ZAMFARA STATE, HAS DISCLOSED THAT OVER N3 BILLION WAS COLLECTED BY BANDITS AS RANSOM FROM RELATIONS OF ABDUCTED VICTIMS IN THE STATE

CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR, A FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, MADE THE DISCLOSURE WHILE PRESENTING THE COMMITTEE’S REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR ON FRIDAY IN GUSAU.
HE SAID THAT THE REPORT COVERED THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 2011 TO MAY 29, 2019.
HE SAID THE MONEY WAS COLLECTED FROM 3,672 VICTIMS WHOSE RELATIVES PAID TO SECURE THEIR FREEDOM.
ABUBAKAR SAID THAT A TOTAL OF 4,983 WOMEN WERE WIDOWED, 25,050 CHILDREN ORPHANED AND 190,340 PERSONS DISPLACED BY BANDITRY OVER THE PERIOD IN THE STATE.