Crimes

Gunmen kill one, kidnap 2 community leaders in Bauchi

Gunmen have killed one person and abducted three others, including two community leaders in the Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

Confirming the incident on Monday, the Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakil, said the gunmen attacked Balma community, killed one person, and abducted three others, including two community leaders on Saturday night.

Wakil said the two community leaders were a village head in Balma and a ward head in Bakutunbe community as well as one other person who was also abducted.

The police spokesman stated that the command, on Sunday, received a report from its Balma outpost that gunmen attacked the village.

“They shot sporadically and took away the village head, Alhaji Hussaini Saleh, who is 48 years old,” he said.

Wakil said the village head was abducted alongside one Idris Mai Unguwa and another 45-year-old man, Ya’u Gandu Maliya.

“One Haruna Jibrin was, however, shot in the head by the gunmen.

“When the police received a distress call, a team was drafted to the scene, they rescued the victim and rushed him to General Hospital, Ningi where he was receiving treatment but he was later confirmed dead.

“At present, the police in Ningi Division are combing the bush, trying to see how they can rescue the two abducted community leaders alive,” the police spokesman added.

Wakil, therefore, appealed to the people of Bauchi State to always provide information on suspicious movements of people to security agencies for immediate action.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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