

He disclosed that the bandits detained him, saying he must bring the remaining N1.6m.

Recounting his ordeal, the Zamfara resident said he was kidnapped after he went to a forest to deliver N1.4m out of N3m kidnappers demanded for the seven people they kidnapped from his village. Jangeme said security agents in his village did nothing to trace the telephone calls of the bandits who kidnapped him. In Zamfara State, a kidnap victim, Mallam Yusha’u Jangeme told the publication that the Nigerian Communications Commission directive for all telecommunications firms to deactivate unregistered or partly registered SIMs, and linkage of SIMs with the NIN which the government said is aimed at ensuring that all subscribers are traceable for security reasons, is of no use. Residents of Zamfara, Kaduna and Katsina states who spoke to Punch stated that though they made the bandits’ telephone numbers available to security personnel, nothing was done to track them down. Freed abducted victims have detailed how the Security agencies have been unable to track bandits even after they linked their NIN to their SIM Card.
