The whereabouts of the victims remains unknown as the terrorists had yet to contact the family or make demands for ransom payment.
Terrorists, on Tuesday evening, abducted a woman identified as Malama Badiyya Shamsu and her three children from the Jabiri Quarters, Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State.
According to reports, the gunmen invaded the home of one Malam Shamsudeen Muhammad Kalgo at about around 1am and whisked away the woman and their children, Almustapha Shamsu, 12, Zainab, 9, and Halima Siyama Shamsu, 6.
The whereabouts of the victims remains unknown as the terrorists had yet to contact the family or make demands for ransom payment.
Katsina has been in the grip of terrorists, locally known as bandits since the coming of the Muhammadu Buhari and despite being his home state.
SaharaReporters had on April 8 reported that terrorists also kidnapped an unspecified number of residents in Danjanku village, Musawa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
According to residents who escaped the incident, the bandits stormed the community and operated for many hours.
In their account, they claimed the bandits arrived in the village on motorcycles and started shooting indiscriminately. They abducted some locals and escaped with them into the forest.
Barely a week ago, five persons were killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits in Yantumaki, Danmusa Local Government Area of the state.
Danmusa, which is on the boundary of Rugu Forest, is one of the main hideouts for gunmen commonly referred to as bandits.
Over 700 people have been reportedly killed by the gunmen in Jibia, Kankara, Dutsinma, Musawa, Danmusa and Safana local government areas of the state in the last five months.