It would be recalled that bandits numbering about ten attacked Battati on Friday and looted his and other shops by the major road to Mokwa.
The bandits were said to have arrived Batatti in a white Hilux vehicle and performed congregational Ishai prayers with the members of the community before firing into the air which made traders to abandon their shops.
It was learnt Sunday that the bandits were demanding N50 million ransom to secure the release of the five victims even as other valuables including laptops and handsets were carted away.
Olushola said others in the custody of the bandits are Bose, and Malam Aliyu, who also own a shop by the road, and a tractor engineer who was said to be in transit driving a Hilux vehicle and was shot that night because of the reflection from his vehicle light and was added to the three victims.