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Zamfara Elders Abduction: 1 Dies In Captivity As Another Escapes, Narrates ordeal

Following the abduction of 39 village elders during a failed peace meeting in a Zamfara Forest, one of the abductees, Bako Abdullahi Yarfara, 67, has died in captivity while another victim, Ali Zagaru, has escaped from the abductors.
In an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP on Wednesday morning, Ali Zagaru, who escaped captivity on Tuesday night, said; “one of the elders by name Bako Abdullahi Yarfara has been killed. He was killed on the 7th day of June, the day Jammo’s boys abducted us. The abductors were hurrying us into the thick forest, our brother, Bako Abdullahi Yarfara, could not walk very fast, so they shot him and killed him. They carried his body to one nearby village and bu...

Source: Leadership News

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