The district head of Ruwan Rana in the Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Magaji Makau, has been abducted by bandits.
Makau was abducted alongside five others in the early hours of Saturday. It was gathered that one person was killed during the attack.
An indigene of the area, Mohammed Musa, told The PUNCH that the bandits rode into the town on motorcycles at about 3 am and opened fire immediately on arrival.
They later went from house to house, during which they found the district head and abducted him.
Musa said, “We heard gunshots around 3 am and everybody went into hiding because we knew that the bandits were there for abduction.
“They went from house to house and abducted five people, including our district Head, and shot down one person before heading back to the forest.”
A member of the state House of Assembly representing the area, Hamisu Faru, expressed disgust at the incident and promised that the victims would soon be rescued.
He said, “The security agents are making efforts to rescue the district head and the other five persons.”
The state’s police Public Relations Officer, Yazid Abubakar, could not be reached for comment at the time of filling in this report.
