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By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau –
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped a wife of Dr AbdulRazaq, a lecturer with Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau and his two daughters, Maryam AbdulRazaq and Hafsat AbdulRazaq.
It was learnt that the incident occured on Friday at Mareri Community, an outskirt of the Gusau, The Zamfara State capital.
According to some eyewitness accounts, many properties including money were looted during the bandit’s operation.
Speaking with newsmen, one of the neighbours of the lecturer who claimed anonymity for security reasons, said the bandits stormed the house with sophisticated weapons and began to shoot sporadically.
The source said some of them came barefooted and got access to the area through a forest linking other villages known as Geba, Jajjayen and Kwanar Mai communities in Gusau.
Meanwhile, the Zamfara State Police Command have confirmed the incident.
The state police spokesman, Mohammad Shehu, said an investigation is ongoing and when confirmed he would communicate to newsmen for more details.
