Saturday, November 29, 2025 - No fewer than 37 people kidnapped by bandits in Bakori Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina have been freed by their abductors.
Vanguard reports that the lawmaker representing Bakori
constituency at the State House of Assembly, Abdulrahman Kandarawa, disclosed
this to newsmen in Katsina on Friday,November 28.
According to him, the victims, comprising 17 women, two
children and 18 men, regained freedom following a peace deal with bandits in
the area.
He explained that the kidnap victims were released without
payment of ransom as part of the agreement reached during the dialogue.
The lawmaker said that with the development, “no kidnapped
victim from Bakori still with the kidnappers, except if we are not aware
of them.”
“I want to
assure you that, at the moment, there are no more victims in the forest
from this local government area.
Therefore, I
am appealing to the people in our communities to maintain the relative peace we
are presently enjoying.” he said
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