By our reporter/ Following the ban on weekly markets by the Kaduna state government, bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state are now demanding cooked food as ransom for kidnapped victims.
The bandits were said to have retrieved from attacking communities since the state Government took the unprecedented measure in the effort to tackle insecurity in the state.
According to a Daily Trust report, a youth leader in one of the villages of Birnin Gwari, Babangida Yaro confirmed that since the ban, bandits operating along Damari, Kutemashi and Kuyello villages only asked for cooked food each time they abduct people.
The ban on sale of fuel in filling stations located in rural communities, he said, had also helped to restrict their movement.
“There is relative peace around Damari, kuyello, Kutemashi because the bandits have stopped attacking our communities. They usually stay in the forest and seiz food items mostly cooked ones from vendors,” he told the publication.
According to him, when they abducted two or three persons in farms, one is allowed to go and get them food from their relatives as ransom since there is no communication network to make contact.
Babangida, who lamented that the ban on use of private Motorcycles in the villages had increased hardship on the bandits as well as residents, however, noted that the area is not completely safe as villagers are still scared of assessing their farms.
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