A kidnapped farmer, Aliyu Alaramma Kawon Kontagora, has narrated how he fought armed members of the kidnapping kingpin Dogo Gide's gang before they eventually overpowered him by “shooting him in the head” during an abduction inside Kulho forest in Niger State. Aliyu, who was kidnapped alongside his younger brother, said he endured five days of severe torture in captivity but eventually escaped without paying a single kobo in ransom.

A kidnapped farmer, Aliyu Alaramma Kawon Kontagora, has narrated how he fought armed members of the kidnapping kingpin Dogo Gide's gang before they eventually overpowered him by…

Mr Alaramma, a resident of Kawon Kontagora, a village in the Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State, was abducted alongside his elder brother while working on their farm.