The police command in Zamfara on Thursday confirmed that suspected gunmen abducted two councillors and an imam in the Tsauni community, Gusau, on Wednesday. 

The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Yazid Abubakar, confirmed the incident via a telephone interview. 

He said the councillors, representing Gidan Gona and Tsibiri wards in Maradun local government areas of Zamfara, and the imam of the community were taken away by the suspected bandits.

According to him, the victims were abducted in front of their houses in the Tsauni area at about 7:00 p.m. Wednesday shortly after prayers.

The Tsauni community is located behind the Federal Road Safety Zamfara Sector Command headquarters in Gusau.

The community had hosted internally displaced persons affected by armed banditry from different communities.

Mr Abubakar, however, said the command had deployed its men to the area, and efforts are ongoing to rescue the three victims.

The PPRO urged the residents to assist the police with relevant information in good time to curtail such incidents.

Meanwhile, the chairman of Maradun local government, Sanusi Gamagiwa, corroborated the PPRO’s information via telephone, adding that the suspected bandits abducted six persons.

“They later released three persons and left with the two councillors and the imam of the area. So far, they have yet to contact any one of us to know their demands,” the chairman said. 

(NAN)