Nigeria, March 28 -- Over a month after kidnapping them at a farm in Bauchi State, bandits on Thursday released four farmers after collecting a ransom from their families.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the bandits demanded a ransom of N30 million for the farmers who were abducted while harvesting yams in the Alkareri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

The farmers who are residents of Futuk, a village in the Gwana District, were abducted by bandits believed to be operating from the Mansur forest in the Alkaleri local council area.

On Friday, a resident, Bello Haruna, told PREMIUM TIMES that they were released after the families paid N2 million each for three of the abducted persons.

Mr Haruna said the bandits collected N500,000 for th...