Councillor, Six Others Kidnapped In Zamfara state......Police

No fewer than six persons, including a former Councillor from Bungundu Local Government Council in the state, have been reportedly kidnapped by armed men.

The incident which occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning, sent the residents of Nahuche village scampering for safety as the armed bandits shot sporadically into the air.

According to the police in report by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the villagers, including a former councillor, Bello Daniya, were kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday.

An eye witness, Malam Sani Ibrahim, had earlier told NAN that the bandits besieged the village in large numbers, fired guns into the air and ordered the villagers to show them the house of Bungudu local government APC chairman, Alhaji Hamisu Coordinator.

He said that the abductors, however, found themselves in the former councillor’s house, who is a neighbour to the APC chairman, where they took him, four boys and two girls.

Ibrahim said the abductors later released one of the victims with a note demanding N100 million as ransom to release the remaining victims.

While confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu said a combined team of security operatives were on the trail of the abductors.

He appealed to members of the public with useful information on the movement of criminals to report to relevant security agencies for prompt action.

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