Abductors of three travellers in Taraba demand N30m ransom

The abductors of three travellers in Taraba State have demanded a ransom of N30 million for his or her launch.

The victims, recognized as Abdulrasheed Mai Mota Hussaini, Ezekiel Elkanah and Mrs Wapuken Ika, have been reportedly kidnapped at Rafin Kada in Wukari Local Government Area of the state on Sunday, October 11, 2026.

It was gathered that the victims have been getting back from Takum city, the place they’d bought paddy rice, once they encountered gunmen suspected to be kidnappers at about 7pm on Sunday alongside the Takum-Wukari Road.

Sources stated the travellers have been shifting in a convoy of two autos once they approached Jakundo village in Kufai-Ahmadu Ward and encountered about 4 armed males who emerged from the bush and ordered them to cease.

The gunmen reportedly compelled the occupants of the autos to disembark earlier than taking them into the bush.

Although the whereabouts of the victims remained unknown as of the time of submitting this report, sources stated the abductors had contacted their households and demanded N10 million for every sufferer.

Daily Trust additionally gathered that 4 merchants from Kano have been kidnapped alongside the Rafin Kada-Donga Road early final month, with their abductors reportedly demanding N50 million as ransom.

It was not instantly clear whether or not the 4 merchants had been launched, because the police had not formally confirmed the incident.