Suspected bandits have kidnapped two male siblings who left their home town of Ikara after their father was kidnapped, and relocated to Zaria in Kaduna State on Friday night.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that the bandits attacked Wusasa area in Zaria Local Government Area at about 9 pm on Friday and kidnapped a health worker and his brother, Yushau Peter and Joshua Peter.
Although the state Police Command was yet to react to the incident, the village head of Wusasa, Engr Isiyaku Ibrahim, confirmed the incident and expressed worry that “the kidnappers have so often made our area their target of attacks, abducting many of our people.”
According to him, “Wusasa settlement, which is outside the ancient city of Zazzau, has witnessed a series of attacks in recent times. Not long ago, an Army officer and a vigilante member were killed.”
“It is the same area where a University Professor and Wazirin Wusasa were killed and his son abducted, spending almost a month in captivity.”
“The abducted victims, Yushau and Joshua, are indigenes of Ikara Local Government Area in the state who recently ran for their lives after bandits attacked their residents and abducted their aged father, Mr Peter,” he said.
In a related development, unknown gunmen have kidnapped Sagir Umar Kofa, the center officer of the Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board in Bebeji Local Government area.
Nigeriacrime.com gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning when the gunmen, numbering about four, stormed Sagir’s residence and abducted him.
The gunmen’s motives are not yet known, as there has been no communication from them so far.
According to the children of the victim, the kidnappers came in at about 1 a.m. The unknown persons were four in number who stormed the house. Two of them were holding guns, one was on camouflage and the other on mufti. They whisked our father away.”
When contacted, the spokesperson of the Kano Police Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the incident and said the police were on top of the situation.