Isa Muhammad Bawa: Travails of a traditional ruler in the den of bandits Story by Ayuba Ahmed and Aisha Auyo In a feeble, heartrending voice, disheveled, and in blood-stained apparel, with his hands tied behind him, the 74-year-old Alhaji Isa Muhammed Bawa spoke in a video, pleading passionately, in a feeble, heart-rending voice for his life. Alhaji Isa Bawa, the District Head of the district of Gatawa in Sokoto state, was speaking from the den of bandits who invaded his domain and took him captive one month ago. He has been a...