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From kidnapping for ransom to kidnapping for rights of passage in N’West Nigeria - THE AUTHORITY NEWS

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By Chukwuma Okoli & Ndu Nwokolo “…we have paid the ransom, yet they are still keeping many of the abductees; some have even died in their custody” – relative of an abductee in Kaura Namoda LGA, Zamfara State. At least 3,612 persons were kidnapped in different parts of Nigeria between January and June 2026. The North West accounted for 55 per cent of the entire number of kidnap victims. While the Criminal Code Act, 2004, prescribed a prison term …
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authorityngr.com broke the news on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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