Two kidnappers by name, Gayya Alhaji Abdu and Siyyo Alhaji Amadu have repented and surrendered themselves to the leaders of hunters in Taraba State. saying that they decided to stop kidnapping.
According to Daily Trust news, Gayya, 20, said that he participated twice in kidnapping and that in each of the operations he got N200,000 after the victims paid N5m ransom each.
He went ahead to reveale that he joined then kidnapping gang when he learnt that he was on the wanted lists of suspected kidnappers, noting that at the time his name was put on the wanted lists, he never committed any crime talk less of kidnapping, hence that he ran from his father’s house because he believed that once he was captured he would be killed.
Running to a friend who was already working with a gang of kidnappers around the Jalingo, Kona and Lankabiri mountains, and that was how he got fully involved in the business.
In his words; “It was my friend that took me to a kidnappers’ den on top of a mountain around Kona. The gang was under the control of one kingpin called Bashe,” he said.
“On the mountain, l met many victims because all those that were abducted would be taken there and released after ransom is paid.
“l decided to repent because l could not withstand the horror and the ways and manners the victims were being treated, and also, l don’t want to be killed because most of the kidnappers end up being killed by security agents or hunters.”
Gayya added that he wanted to be part of hunters and willfully participate in the current fight against bandits and kidnappers in the state
However, Gayya’s friend Amadu on his part, revealed that he joined a kidnapping gang on his own around Mayo-Renewo area in Ardo-Kola LGA.
According to him, he participated in kidnapping many times but has decided to stop and repent.
In his words; “I decided to stop kidnapping and repent because l discovered that it is a very wicked act to abduct a fellow human being and force him to pay ransom,” he said.
The leader of the hunters, Babangida Kwamando in reaction said he had always accepted bandits or kidnappers that surrendered themselves to him. Stating that the hunters’ association encouraged bandits and kidnappers to repent and renounce crime.
Also he added that bandits that repent are made to swear by the Holy Qur’an that they will never commit such crimes before they are accepted and integrated into the hunters’ association.
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