Kidnappers Abduct Head of Buhari’s Daura District

By Auwalu Yusuf/ Daura

Alhaji Musa Umar, the district head of Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown, has been kidnapped by four gunmen.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the kidnappers stormed Umar’s Daura residence at 7 pm on Wednesday and sporadically shot into the air, scaring the hell out of bystanders, who scampered for safety.

Umar had just returned from the mosque where he took part in the evening prayer when the incident happened.

He was sitting in front of his house with some people when the gunmen came.

A witness told NAN that the kidnappers came in a Peugeot 406 saloon car.

After the gunmen left, the Daura council chairman, Malam Abba Mato, and hundreds of sympathizers came to Umar’s residence, to discuss the bewildering incident.

Kidnapping has been on the rise in northern Nigeria. On Monday, the chairman of Universal Basic Education Commission, Dr Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar and his daughter, Yasmin, were kidnapped on the Abuja-Kaduna highway. His driver was killed by the bandits.

They were released the following day after ransom was allegedly paid to the kidnappers.

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