Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, was on saturday invaded by bandits where the district head alongside other five people were kidnapped.
One person was reportedly killed during the attack while others were successfully captured.
Mohammed Musa, who lives around narrated that the bandits came to operate with motorcycles into Ruwan Rana town early of Saturday.
Musa disclosed further that those bandits arrived in the town around 3 a.m. midnight and began shooting sporadically, going from house to house where they abducted the district head and five other prominent persons.
He noted in his statement that they killed one person who refused to be abducted.
He said, “We heard gunshots around 3 a.m. and everybody went into hiding because we knew that the bandits were there for abduction.
They went from house to house and abducted five people including our district head, shot down one person, and later returned to the forest.
“I was not aware of those abducted until in the morning when I came out to hear that, the district head, Alhaji Makau was among the victims.”
Hon Hamisu Faru, a state lawmaker representing the area, expressed his desatisfaction over the incident and assured that the victims would soon be rescued.
He said, “The security agents are making efforts to rescue the district head and the other five persons.”
The state police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar, could not be reached as of the time of filling this report.
