By our reporter| Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state on Tuesday said that bandits who abducted the Jangebe school girls were offered money by unnamed persons not to release the girls.
Matawalle who made the disclosure when he was addressing the freed Jangebe schoolgirls, said the attempt to frustrate the release of the girls took place even as the state was in negotiation with kidnappers.
The governor who ledged to soon reveal the mystery behind the abduction of the girls, warned those instigating the criminals to be careful.
He said he talked to the relevant security agencies including the police, DSS, and army to discreetly investigate the matter.
The governor said, “I didn’t sleep for four days. We worked hard for days to ensure the safe return of the girls to their families. We are using kinetic and non-kinetic approaches, and the non-kinetic is working for us. If not, we wouldn’t have successfully negotiated the release of these girls.”
According to him, the abducted and freed girls were 279 and all were released.
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