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In separate incidents, suspected gunmen have abducted 18 businessmen from Kano State who were on a commercial journey to Abia State, and another 18 villagers in a community in Kaduna State.
The Kano incident occurred when the abducted victims, who were businessmen from the Kano’s popular textile market of Kantin Kwari were traveling to Aba in Abia State to buy goods.
Multiple sources disclosed that their vehicle was attacked by the armed men who moved them to the bush. President of Arewa Youth Traders Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Abubakar Kabiru told journalists in Kano yesterday that the businessmen were on their way to Aba, in on Sunday night when kidnappers shot the tyre of their luxury bus and abducted them.
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The 18 Kantim Kwari traders from Kano State, who were abducted on their way to Aba, Abia State, have regained their freedom.
The traders were kidnapped on Sunday, January 10, 2021, in Auchi, Edo State, on their way to Aba to buy textile materials.
The President, Arewa Youth Traders Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Abubakar Babawo, confirmed the release of the traders in a telephone interview with
PUNCH Metro in Kano on Sunday.
He said the traders were released by their kidnappers on Saturday.
Babawo stated that the traders were on their way to Kano as they spent Saturday night in Kaduna.
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The eighteen Kano Kantim Kwari traders abducted on their way to Aba in Abia State have regained their freedom.
Recall that the traders were kidnapped on Sunday, January 10, in Okene, Kogi State, on their way to Aba to buy textile materials
President, Arewa Youth Traders Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Abubakar Babawo confirmed the release of the traders in a telephone interview with
The PUNCH in Kano on Sunday.
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‘’We are expecting them today in Kano as we have been communicating with them.
“We communicated with some of them. All of them are released. They are fine and en route to Kano.” he said.
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The victims from the popular textile market in Kantin Kwari, Kano, were travelling to Aba to buy goods
In an
interview with The PUNCH, on Sunday, Abubakar Babawo, president of Arewa Youth Traders Association of Nigeria, said the kidnapped victims have regained freedom.
Babawo said the victims were released by their abductors on Saturday evening.
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He said they are currently on their way to Kano.
The association’s president said ransom was paid to secure the release of the traders, but he refused to mention how much was paid to the kidnappers.
“The 18 Kano traders who were among the 27 traders regained their freedom on Saturday evening. They slept in Kaduna and they are now on their way to Kano,” he said.