Suspected armed bandits today abducted about 35 women working on a farm at Matankari village in Dansadau district of Maru local government area of Zamfara state.
Residents told Daily Trust that the armed bandits arrived at the farm in the forest on motorbikes carried the women and dashed in to the forest.
The incident came barely one month after 40 residents were abducted in Maru local government area of the state and released in a cows- for- persons swap deal with the state government.
The armed bandits are now in to kidnapping in Zamfara state and dozens of residents were abducted and millions of Naira paid in ransom to regain their freedom.
The abducted women were threshing sorghum on a farm belonging to one Alhaji Adamu when the gunmen invaded the farmland and whisked them away. It was not clear whether they had demanded or would demand for ransom.
A resident Alhaji Mu’awuya told our reporter that after going deep inside the forest with the women the armed bandits decided to release the aged ones among them, while the young ladies remained with them.
“One of my neighbours called Alhaji Garba Matankari whose aged mother was among the abducted women but later released just left here I would have given him the phone for you to talk to him.” Alhaji Mu’a wuya said.
He further explained that the residents have mobilized and followed the armed bandits in search of the women adding that even those released by gunmen are still missing.
“My neighbour’s mother is at home now she is being treated after her feet became swollen because of the long distance trek inside the forest. The armed bandits were heard saying that they would descend on other villages around the area.” He added.
The spokesman of the state police command DSP Muhammad Shehu could not be reached for comments as at the time of filing this report.
Source: Bandits abduct 35 women in Zamfara
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