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Ma’aji, who was abducted by bandits at his residence in Mareri area of Gusau town, the state capital in the early hours of last Saturday was freed on Tuesday by his captors.
Ibrahim Ma,aji, the Special Adviser to Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle on political affairs, has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits. It was learnt that Ma,aji was abducted on Saturday in his house in Mareri area in Gusau town. The victim’s family said that the bandits were yet to reach out to them. Last Saturday, Governor Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost his reelection bid to Lawal Dare of the Peoples Democratic Party which means he would hand over by May 29.
In the Liptako-Gourma region, violent extremist groups frequently have direct or indirect links to the political economy of arms trafficking, drug trafficking, poaching, cattle rustling, artisanal mining, and the organized theft of fuel and motorcycles. Jihadist groups tend to be pragmatic and opportunistic in their linkages to organized crime, and sometimes use links to criminal groups to procure sustenance, equipment, and supplies; tax the flows of illicit products that others are moving; or regulate local opportunities to conduct illicit activities.