By Amos Tauna An unspecified number of residents were on Thursday at Rahamawa and Shagari low-cost housing estates of Katsina State ...
By Amos Tauna
An unspecified number of residents were on Thursday at
Rahamawa and Shagari low-cost housing estates of Katsina State abducted by
bandits.
A source told DAILY POST that the attackers came in broad
daylight, trekking with the victims to the place they packed their motorcycles.
According to the source, the bandits came around 6:15 am on
Thursday and the people saw them moving with their captives and learned that
they are from the Rahamawa area of Katsina.
He added, “Our people said they have seen about 13 to 15
attackers moving in a haste with the people they kidnapped.”
He explained that there was an exchange of gunfire with
security agents to disperse the attackers and rescue the victims, stressing
that he was not sure whether all the captives were rescued or not.
He added that security agents were in hot pursuit of the
attackers to rescue the victims.
According to him, they had prior information of their
movement and laid ambush on their route with other security agents, saying that
to their surprise, they could not detect where they laid low.
He explained that they left the area around 4 am only to
discover that the bandits attacked communities around Shagari Low-cost, saying
that a team of soldiers, police, and vigilantes are trailing them including a
helicopter from the Nigerian Air Force.
The Police spokesman in Katsina, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed
the attack, saying that the attackers invaded the residence of one Abdullahi
Esha, a businessman in Sokoto Rima quarters of Katsina metropolis, broke into
the house through his boundary wall and abducted a housewife.
He stated that “on 22nd June, 2022, at about 0230hrs,
terrorists, armed with AK-47 rifles attacked the house of one Abdullahi Esha of
Sokoto Rima Quarters, Katsina and kidnapped his 18-year-old daughter.”
He explained that the command’s anti-kidnapping unit and
patrol teams were immediately dispatched to the area and chased after the
hoodlums, pointing out that the teams had a fierce gun duel with the terrorists
which made them flee and abandon their heinous mission.
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