The Guardian gathered that leader of the bandits, Auwalun Daudawa, who surrendered some weapons after he claimed he had repented last Monday, was paid N30m to do so.Auwalun Daudawa and his gang, on December 11, 2020, invaded Government Science Secondary School, Kankara around 11 pm, shooting indiscriminately to scare residents. The operation led to the disappearance of over 344 students.
In a leaked telephone conversation between Daudawa and Mota, the latter admitted the group collected N30m from the state government. “If anybody gave them money, maybe it was from another state. The boys were released to Zamfara State government, and the discussion we had was that of understanding. For one and a half years, we have been getting people released without any ransom, and this is what we have continued to do with the bandits. We are not aware of any ransom, we are not aware of any money given out…”x