Bandits have kidnapped the District Head of Kasuwar Daji in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Sarkin Fada, in the early hours of Thursday.
The District Head is also the father to a serving member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Anas Sarkin Fada Kaura.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, CSP Mohammed Shehu, who confirmed the incident, said the Command has deployed a search and rescue team to go after the bandits and rescue the monarch unhurt.
“Yes, it is true, the Command has deployed a search and rescue team to rescue him,” he said.
While the family is yet to make an official statement on the development, an indigene of the area, Malam Audu Mohammed, told newsmen that the bandits in large numbers, stormed Kasuwar Daji village and went straight to the village head’s house where they abducted him and took him to their camp.
Bello said the bandits fired many gunshots in order to frighten the residents of the village, who wanted to rescue their village head.
He said, “I was in my house when I heard gunshots around 2:30 to 3:00 am last Thursday. I was called later around 4 am by a friend, who told me that our District Head was abducted.”
