Bandits kill farmer, kidnap six others in Taraba state

Gunmen have killed a famous farmer, Wanda Maibultu who owns a large-scale farm, on his farmland and kidnapped at least six others in Garbatau in Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State, as sources said the kidnappers had demanded a N100 million ransom from the families of the victims.

Penpushing reports that the Taraba State Police Command has at the time of filing report have not issued statements on the incidents, but local sources confirmed the incident, said to have occurred Saturday evening.

“Maibultu is a famous farmer with a large-scale farm located in Garbatau village, a few kilometres from Garba Chede town the kidnappers had demanded a N100 million ransom from the families of the abducted farmers’, a resident said.

Penpushing further reports that the resident identified as Adamu Dauda, said the six farmers were kidnapped near Garbatau, a farming community located between two mountains, adding that this was not the first kidnapping incident in the community.

The resident pointed out that the bandits abducted dozens of farmers in separate raids last year and many of them had to pay ransom to be freed, explaining that the farmers kidnapped in the latest incident were harvesting their crops when the bandits struck.

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