About 200 abducted civilians were released by bandits in Zamfara state, the acting Governor Nasiru Magarya, has said.
Magarya, who is the speaker of the state assembly, disclosed this on Thursday when he received a delegation of the Conference of Speakers of States Legislatures in Nigeria, in Gusau.
He said the state government has secured the release of no fewer than 200 additional people abducted by bandits through peace dialogue and other security measures.
“I am happy to inform you that the state government has secured the release of over 200 kidnapped victims through peace and dialogue, initiated by the present administration led by the state governor,” he said.
He said the freed victims were on their way to Gusau.
“Our father was abducted with his family since August this year and since then, the state government, in collaboration with security agencies, have been making efforts to secure their release.
“But unfortunately, for our father, Alhaji Mu’azu Magarya, his time has come and as Muslims, we all believe that every life must have the beginning and the end,” he said.
The conference chairman and Speaker of Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Sulaiman, who led the delegation said the visit was to sympathise with the Zamfara speaker, his family and people of the state, over the demise of his father.
