Nigeria, March 13 -- Suspected bandits who invaded a farm two weeks ago and abducted four people harvesting yams in the Alkareri Local Government Area of Bauchi State have demanded a N30 million ransom for their release.

The abducted persons are residents of Futuk, a village in the Gwana District. They were abducted by bandits operating from the Mansur forest in the Alkaleri local council area.

A resident, Bello Haruna, said the whereabouts of the victims were unknown since the kidnappers demanded the ransom a few days after the abduction.

Mr Haruna identified the abducted persons as Umar Yalwan-Barde, Adamu Ahmad, aka SK, Garba Makanike, and Baba Alhaji-Shehu.

"The kidnappers separated the captives across different camps in the fores...