20 Katsina kidnap victims sold into slavery in Burkina Faso
- No fewer than 20 kidnap victims in Katsina state have been sold into slavery in Burkina Faso
- The Katsina state government has traced the victims and initiated moves to bring them back to the country
- A special adviser to the Katsina state governor, Alhaji Hamza Brodo has left for Burkina Faso to negotiate their release
A report by Vanguard indicates that no fewer than 20 kidnap victims in Katsina state have been sold into slavery in Burkina Faso.
According to the report, the victims were allegedly kidnapped in Kankara local government area of the state and sold to a woman in Cotonou who in turn sold them to another slave merchant in Burkina Faso.
Governor Aminu Bello Masari had initiated a peace dialogue where it visited the hideout of the bandits to parley with them and a swap deal which saw releases of both kidnap victims and the bandits in detention.
A source quoted in the report said the governor may have traced the location of the victims to Burkina Faso and have initiated a process of rescuing 20 indigenes of the state sold to the agents of modern-day slavery in Burkina Faso.
The source said the governor’s special adviser on drug*s, narcotics and trafficking, Alhaji Hamza Brodo has this weekend left for Burkina Faso to negotiate for their release.
Confirming the development, Brodo said: “Yes I will be travelling to Burkina Faso this weekend. I will only get to know if the 20 victims were indigenes of Katsina after meeting them and their captors.”
Meanwhile, suspected bandits this weekend killed a policeman and seven members of a local security operative in Rafi local government area of Niger state.
The gunmen rustled several heads of cattle from Kusherki village and were escaping with the animals when the incident occurred.
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