Kaduna State Government has disowned media reports trending on the social media that an unspecified number of traders from Kano State were kidnapped in the state along the Kaduna-Abuja highway.
Kaduna State government made the clarification in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan on Thursday.
According to the statement, the traders were elsewhere and not in the state.
“The federal security agencies operating on the Kaduna-Abuja Road, as at this time, have not reported any such incident.
“Furthermore, from all checks conducted so far by the Kaduna State Government, the alleged kidnapping occurred elsewhere in another state.
“The government as the most credible source of security updates to the citizenry and the media aims to continue in this role to promote accountability and transparency.
“The government is open to further information for security collaboration on the following helplines: 09034000060 08170189999 and email: Internal.Security@kdsg.gov.ng,” it declared.
Tribune Online reports that the President, Arewa Youth Traders Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Abubakar Kabiru Babao disclosed that about 27 young Kantin Kwari traders from Kano were kidnapped by bandits on the highway.
Babao said the kidnappers who initially demanded N50m for the release of the 27 young traders after establishing communication with the victims’ families, are presently asking for N27m.
YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
Rays of the afternoon sun pelted her head as she fanned the embers beneath the half-cut iron drum with the smoke permeating the air. “This smoke is unbearable, Iya Maria,” said one of the three neighbours conversing under a makeshift shed about five meters away. Their voices rose and fell intermittently…
Selfies, video calls and Chinese documentaries: The things you’ll meet onboard Lagos-Ibadan train
The Lagos-Ibadan railway was inaugurated recently for a full paid operation by the Nigerian Railway Corporation after about a year of free test-run. JUSTICE NWAFOR joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report…
ICYMI: Nigeria Back Into Recession, Worst Since 1987
Nigeria is back into a recession. This time, it is the worst the country has experienced since 1987…
ICYMI: Salami Panel Wants Magu, Other Policemen In EFCC Removed
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the report of the judicial commission of inquiry on the investigation of Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), headed by Justice Ayo Salami (retd)…
and then