Emerging report indicates that armed Fulani bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area, Kaduna State, are now demanding for cooked food as ransom for kidnapped victims.
The bandits were said to have retrieved from attacking communities since the State Government under Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s leadership banned weekly Markets, as part of the measures to tackle insecurity in the State.
A Youth Leader in one of the villages of Birnin Gwari, Babangida Yaro, told Journalists on Monday, that since the ban, the bandits operating along Damari, Kutemashi, and Kuyello villages, only asked for cooked food each time they abduct people.
According to him, the ban on the sale of fuel in Filling Stations located in rural communities, had also helped to restrict their movement.
“There is relative peace around Damari, Kuyello, Kutemashi, because the bandits have stopped attacking our communities. They usually stay in the forest, and seize food items mostly cooked ones from vendors.”
He added that when they abducted two or three persons in farms, one was allowed to go and get them food from their relatives as ransom, since there is no communication network to make contact.
The Youth Leader added that Dogon Dawa area is still not completely safe, because villagers are still scared of accessing their farmlands.
Babangida also lamented that the ban on use of private Motorcycles in the villages had increased the hardship on the bandits, as well as the residents.
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