‘I sold official vehicle to raise ransom for my abducted wife, children’

The immediate past chairman of Gudu Local Government Council in Sokoto State, Alhaji Bello Bachaka, has said he sold his official vehicle to pay bandits over N4 million ransom to secure the release of  his wife and two children. Bachaka, who served as the local government chairman between April 2021 and April 2023, stated this