The immediate past chairman of Gudu Local Government Council in Sokoto State, Alhaji Bello Wakili Bachaka, said he sold his official vehicle monetised to him to pay bandits over N4m ransom to release his abducted wife and two children.

Bachaka, who served as the chairman of the Gudu Local Government Area between April 2021 and April 2023, stated this while testifying before the judicial Commission of enquiry constituted by the Governor of Sokoto State to investigate sales and auctions of government property.

Bachaka told the commission that towards the end of their tenure, his beloved wife and two of his children were kidnapped and such a situation necessitated him to sell the monetised Toyota Hilux vehicle and paid the ransom to the bandits to free his family members.

The witness who testified on Tuesday before the commission’s Presiding Judge, Justice Mu’azu Pindiga, also maintained that he sold the vehicle and paid over N4m to the bandits before they released the three family members to him.

The immediate past chairman of Gudu Local Government Council in Sokoto State, Alhaji Bello Wakili Bachaka, said he sold his official vehicle monetised to him to pay bandits over N4m ransom to release his abducted wife and two children.

Bachaka, who served as the chairman of the Gudu Local Government Area between April 2021 and April 2023, stated this while testifying before the judicial Commission of enquiry constituted by the Governor of Sokoto State to investigate sales and auctions of government property.

Bachaka told the commission that towards the end of their tenure, his beloved wife and two of his children were kidnapped and such a situation necessitated him to sell the monetised Toyota Hilux vehicle and paid the ransom to the bandits to free his family members.

The witness who testified on Tuesday before the commission’s Presiding Judge, Justice Mu’azu Pindiga, also maintained that he sold the vehicle and paid over N4m to the bandits before they released the three family members to him.