One of the abducted 47 farmers in Tugan-Rimi, Mariga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, has been delivered of a child in captivity.
The chairman of Mariga LGA, Aliyu Bagga Muhammadu, confirmed the incident.
The 47 farmers were abducted, while harvesting groundnuts on their farms on Saturday.
According to Muhammadu, the bandits are demanding N94 million ransom from families of the abducted farmers.
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He said that the bandits are demanding N2 million for each of the abductees.
“My local government is faced with a serious security challenge. The information at my disposal indicates that women were harvesting groundnuts on their farm, when bandits invaded the area and assembled them and took them away. They also saw some men working on their farms and took them away. But women formed the majority of those kidnapped. One of the women had given birth in Captivity,” he said.