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APC officials were on their way to the residence of Senator Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari when their convoy was ambushed by bandits, who then grabbed five members of the convoy as hostages.
A total of five officials belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been taken hostage by armed bandits in the state of Zamfara.
On Saturday, March 1, 2025, the executives of the APC, who were from Kaura Namoda South, were kidnapped when they were transporting themselves to Talata Mafara district.
A number of individuals have been kidnapped, including Yahaya Sani Dogon Kade, the Chairman of the Dan Isah Ward, and Bello Dealer, the Chairman of the Sakajiki Ward.
Zagazola Makama, a security expert, stated that the APC officials were on their way to the residence of Senator Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari when their convoy was ambushed by bandits, who then grabbed five members of the convoy as hostages.
More than fifty women and children were taken hostage by a group of armed individuals during a raid on Kakin Dawa village in Zamfara state, which is located in the northwest of Nigeria, according to the police and residents of the area at December 2024
In the northwest region of Nigeria, where there is a high rate of poverty and unemployment, as well as a profusion of illicit weaponry, there is a significant incidence of kidnapping for ransom by gunmen, who are known as bandits by the locals.
Residents reported that dozens of assailants, equipped with assault weapons and riding motorbikes, came in the village at approximately 12:30 GMT. They then proceeded to kidnap inhabitants by going from home to house within the town.
The residents appealed to the federal and Zamfara state governments to send more soldiers and security personnel to fight the bandits