This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Munsur Hassan to while noting that Ibrahim was abducted alongside two others when he was around Bethel Baptist School along Kaduna-Kujama highway.
The district head of Kujama in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, Mr Steven Ibrahim and two other residents have been kidnapped by suspected terrorists.
This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Munsur Hassan to while noting that Ibrahim was abducted alongside two others when he was around Bethel Baptist School along Kaduna-Kujama highway.
According to a local Joint Task Force member who requested anonymity, the event occurred on Sunday evening at about 7pm.
He said the district chief was with two others when the gunmen arrived on motorcycles and grabbed them up at gunpoint.
“The place where the incident happened was behind the Bethel Baptist School and the incident happened around 7pm on Sunday. People around the Anguwar Ayaba community said they saw them being conveyed on their (bandits) motorcycles into the bush,” he said.
Also confirming the incident, the Ardon Ardodi of Chikun Local Government, Ibrahim Saleh, described the incident as unfortunate, saying, “It is true that our district head was abducted. Very unfortunate and may God bring an end to such incidents.”
In a related development, two mobile policemen have sustained gunshot injuries after suspected bandits attacked Kakangi community in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State, Leadership reports.
The incident, it was gathered, occurred on Monday morning when the bandits stormed the outskirts of the community, attempting to set ablaze the Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) vehicle belonging to the Mobile Police Force in the area.