- Alhaji Hassan Mohammed, the District Head of Gayari in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State has been abducted.
Alhaji Hassan Mohammed, the District Head of Gayari in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State has been abducted.
Kidnapped along with the district head is his son by elements suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents.
An indigene of the town, Malam Abubakar Sani told our reporter that the abductors got to Gayari town Thursday night and made straight to the district head’s house where they whisked off Mohammed and his son.
According to him, the Ak-47 – wielding terrorists fired gunshots into the air to scare away neighbours who came out to rescue the traditional ruler.
Abubakar further explained that the kidnappers had earlier kidnapped the district head and his two children, but on their way, one of the children fell off from the motorcycle and ran back home.
The police spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu, who spoke to our reporter on phone, said the Command was yet to receive the report from the police in the area.
