Gunmen in the early hours of Monday kidnapped the biological mother of a frontline Kano senatorial aspirant, AbdulSalam Abdulkarim Zaura.
Hajia Laure Mai Kunu was abducted at her residence in Rangaza ward of Zaura village of Kumbotso local government area of Kano metropolis.
Kano police public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, confirmed to newsmen that the incident occurred around 1:30 am on Monday.
SP Kiyawa said that the police have launched a massive manhunt to rescue, and arrest the assailants.
He, therefore, appealed for calm and that the Kano police Command is on top of the situation, as he assured that the aged woman would be rescued unhurt.
