The District Head of Kujama in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state, Mr Steven Ibrahim, and two other people have been kidnapped from a reservation area along Kaduna-Kachia highway by bandits.
Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mansur Hassan, who confirmed the incident, said the District Head was abducted alongside two others while walking out of the reservation centre located behind Bethel Baptist High School along Kaduna – Kachia highway.
A local senior JTF member who pleaded for anonymity said the District Head was in company of two others when the gunmen came on motorcycle and abducted them at gunpoint.
He said, “the place where the incident happened was behind the Bethel Baptist High School and the incident happened around 7pm on Sunday. People around the Unguwar Ayaba community said they saw them being conveyed on their (bandits) motorcycles into the bush.”
The Ardon Ardodi of Chikun Local Government, Ibrahim Saleh, who also confirming the incident, described it as unfortunate, “It is true that our district head was abducted. Very unfortunate and may God bring an end to such incidents.”
In a related development, two mobile policemen reportedly sustained gunshot injuries after suspected bandits attacked a mobile police unit in Kakangi Community, Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state.
Blueprint learnt that the incident occurred on Monday morning when the bandits stormed the outskirts of the community and attempted to set ablaze the Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) vehicle belonging to the mobile policemen in the area.
