{"id":110906,"date":"2024-03-11T21:48:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T20:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110906"},"modified":"2024-03-11T21:48:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T20:48:48","slug":"kidnappers-demand-n40trn-11-hilux-vans-150-bikes-ransom-for-kaduna-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/kidnappers-demand-n40trn-11-hilux-vans-150-bikes-ransom-for-kaduna-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnappers demand N40trn, 11 Hilux vans, 150 bikes ransom for Kaduna residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1793261763412877661\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kidnappers have reportedly contacted families and Kaduna community demanding a ransom of N40 trillion, 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles for their abducted kinsmen.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nBandits on Wednesday 28 February attacked\u00a0Gonin-Gora community, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis in Chikun Local Government area kidnapping 16 residents.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, hundreds of youths from the community blocked the Abuja-Kaduna highway to protest the attack and abduction.<\/p>\n<p>John Yusuf, a community leader, said on Monday that the bandits contacted family members of the victims and also demanded 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time bandits would make such a huge demand since abduction for ransom started in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>On February 28, bandits killed two residents of Anguwan Auta in Gonin Gora and abducted several others.<\/p>\n<p>After the attack, residents of the area on February 29 blocked the Kaduna-Abuja highway for several hours to protest against the killing and abduction.<\/p>\n<p>Yusuf said the bandits attacked the community twice within the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bandits have contacted us. They are demanding N40 trillion, 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles for the release of 16 people they are holding captive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are we going to get this kind of money? Even if we sell the entire community, we cannot raise N40 trillion. Even Nigeria as a country has never made a budget of N40 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe abductions happened twice within four days interval. During the first attack, three people were kidnapped while in the second attack, 13 people were abducted bringing the total number of people being held captive to 16.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the communities in Birnin Gwari are surrounded by bushes serving as hideouts for the bandits, adding that the establishment of a military base would tackle the criminal operations in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleading with the government to come to our aid by establishing a military base behind our community where the bandits take advantage of the bushes to invade our community,\u201d Yusuf said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom our community down to Birnin Gwari which is over 150 kilometres is a stretch of bush.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have another stretch of bushes from Gonin Gora down to Niger state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when the criminals have free access through the bushes to our community. We are pleading with the government to help us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe army are really trying, despite the fact that they are seriously overstretched. Whenever we make distressed calls they come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the problem is that before they reach the community, the bandits would have done what they wanted and left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The community leader commended the Nigerian Army for their efforts in fighting bandits.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the federal government to take necessary actions to address banditry saying, \u201cif not it is going to consume all of us\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kidnappers have reportedly contacted families and Kaduna community demanding a ransom of N40 trillion, 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles for their abducted kinsmen. 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