Nigeria, July 2 -- The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has denied knowing a man who claimed, under threat from his kidnappers, to be the governor's brother.

The kidnappers, suspected to be members of bandit groups terrorising the state, released a short video clip of the terrorists interrogating two men with a background voice asking one of them about his relationship with "Dauda."

"I am Dauda's younger brother," the man, flanked by two armed bandits, responded. "We are biological brothers-the same father and mother."

He was then ordered to implore the governor to send "what (ransom) we asked for." The bandits threatened to kill him if the ransom was not paid.

The two men were kidnapped in Kucheri, a village in the Tsafe LGA, ...