A former local government Councilor in Yanwaren Daji of Tsafe local government area of Zamfara Tanimun Yanware alongside one of his friend Ashiru Yanware were kidnapped by some suspected bandits along Funtua-Tsafe highway.
They were kidnapped on Thursday while returning from a business trip at Dandume town In Katsina state and taken to an unknown bandit enclave.
The family members could not reach out to them since Thursday but later, on Friday the bandits called to intimate their families to pay the sum of twenty million Naira as ransom before they can be released.
A family member interviewed on condition of anonymity said the family are still negotiating with the bandits with a view to getting them released.
Tanimun is currently the ADC Sole Administrator for Tsafe municipal, an area development council created by the administration of Bello Matawalle.