Gunmen kidnap LG chairman, kill four security operatives
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the Chairman of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Nura Umar Abdullahi.
The armed men also killed two policemen and two local vigilantes who attempted to foil the attack.
The gunmen invaded the chairman’s residence in the early hours of Saturday and took him, his mother, wife and two children away after overpowering his security personnel.
A source, however, said the family members were later released, while the abductors moved away with the local government boss.
The bandits reportedly engaged security personnel and local vigilantes in a gun battle while making their escape, leaving several people injured by stray bullets.
The chairman’s wife said the bandits informed them that their target was the council boss and asked the family members to return home.
“They released us at a shallow distance into the bush,” she said.
However, the Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force Operation Fansan Yamma (OPFY), Northwest, Lt. Col. Aliyu Danja, said troops of the Nigerian Army successfully rescued the family members of the abducted chairman after a fierce gun battle with the bandits.
