Shehu Rekep, deputy of an armed group of “bandits” in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state, contends they have taken up crime because government hasn’t protected their livelihood as herders.
However, it was reported that Odedoyin was released after the sum of N1.5 million ransom was paid.
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The medium quoted her husband, Surajudden Odedoyin, as saying the family paid her captors the said amount before she was released.
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The nursing mother was abducted from her home at midnight.
The assailants, numbering 10, were said to have broken the main door of the victim’s residence and whisked her away.
