Mayhem Erupts As Unknown Gunmen Kidnap District Head In Zamfara

• Gunmen have kidnapped a district head in Zamfara State.

• The bandits broke into his residence on Thursday morning and took him captive.

• It was gathered that the bandits used gunfire as a tactic to intimidate the villagers who were attempting to save their leader.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that gunmen suspected to be bandits have whisked away Ibrahim Sarkin Fada, the District Head of Kasuwar Daji in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

He was kidnapped by the bandits in his residence in the early hours of Thursday.

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An indigene of the area, Malam Audu Mohammed, confirmed that the bandits who were in large numbers stormed Kasuwar Daji village and went straight to the village head’s house where they abducted him and took him to their camp.

Bello said the bandits fired many gunshots in order to frighten the residents of the village who wanted to rescue their village head.

He said, “I was in my house when I heard gunshots around 2:30 to 3:00 am last Thursday.”

“I was called later around 4 am by a friend who told me that our district head was abducted.”

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As of the time of filing this report, no comment had been made by the security agents regarding the issue.

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