Overview

• Kingpin Kachalla Bello, known as Dansadiya, led coordinated raids on Banga and Yamutsawa villages that netted over 80 abductees.
• Villagers paid a $33,700 ransom for 51 hostages from Banga but saw only 18 released and 33 slaughtered.
• Survivors from Yamutsawa report that 20 of the 33 people taken there were executed under orders from their captors.
• Three infants born in captivity died from neglect, underscoring the humanitarian toll of the kidnappings.
• Communication barriers and an unresponsive Zamfara State Police have hampered coordination with the Nigerian Army during rescue efforts.