File photo of gunmen
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu –
Unknown gunmen on Tuesday have abducted an Assistant Headmaster of Central Primary School, Buni Yadi, identified as Babagana Kachalla and four others in Madiya Village, Gujba Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the village on Tuesday at about 8:20am.
The Yobe State Police Command’s spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed the abduction in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Damaturu.
ASP Abdulkarim identified the other abductees to include Abubakar Barma, Haruna Barma, Modu Bukar and Hajiya Gana.
He said the incident was reported to the divisional police station in the area by one Mala Boyema at about 10:37 a.m.
The spokesman said that Boyema luckily escaped the abduction carried out by heavily armed insurgents when he ran into their road block in Madiya.
He, however, said that Gana was later released by the insurgents.
