Bandits who abducted a policeman attached to a former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Zamfara State, Sagir Hashidu, who was killed on Abuja-Kaduna highway last Sunday, have given the policemans family six hours to come up with a N200 million ransom.
Recall that on Friday, the policeman, Dambo Hosea, was among those abducted by the bandits on the fateful day. The bandits demanded that his family gather N200 million quickly to secure his release. When they called the policemans family on cell phone, they said they were leaving their location because there was no telecom service there, and demanded that they should pay the ransom quickly.
The gunmen reportedly got annoyed when the family pleaded that they could only afford to pay N2 million and gave the family six hours deadline to pay the N200 million ransom.
When the gunmen allowed the policeman to speak with his family members, Hosea pleaded with them to help and pay the money in time because where they were was ‘an uncomfortable location’.
The State’s Police Connand could not be reached for comment as of press time.
