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Sokoto Businessman, Abu Dankure, Abducted

November 6, 2013

SaharaReporters has just learnt that a leading Sokoto businessman, Abu Dankure, was this evening abducted by unknown gunmen in Sokoto. Mr. Dankure holds a major traditional title bestowed on him by the Sultan of Sokoto.

SaharaReporters has just learnt that a leading Sokoto businessman, Abu Dankure, was this evening abducted by unknown gunmen in Sokoto. Mr. Dankure holds a major traditional title bestowed on him by the Sultan of Sokoto.

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According to our source, the details of the abduction remain sketchy. However, he said that the businessman was seized by the gunmen in an area called Kofar Dundaye. “Eyewitnesses said Alhaji Abu Dankure was abducted and driven away in his car after his abductors fired several shots into the air,” a source told our correspondent.

The police and military authorities in Sokoto were yet to issue any statement regarding the abduction.

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