Villagers secure release of 27 kidnapped persons
Residents of Wurma in Kurfi Local government area, Katsina State, have secured the release of the 27 persons kidnapped after an attack on the village by bandits on August 26.that only one person, Mohammed Jibril, is yet to be released after the bandits have placed a N1 million ransom on him.“We have paid close to N6 million to secure their release. As you know the victims were divided into groups, and a ransom of N1.3 million, N1.
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