Suspected kidnappers on Wednesday abducted the wife and child of a reporter with the Voice of America in Kaduna State.
The abductors also killed a staff of the Federal Road Safety Commission, who rushed out to help the victims.
The reporter, Malam Nasir Birnin-Yero, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the abductors, about 30 in number, attacked his residence in Birnin Yero, near Kaduna at 1:30am.
“They came to my house at 1:30am. I was not at home then, but they forced themselves into my house and asked my wife about my whereabouts and she told them I was not at home.
“They vandalized my television and refrigerator before taking my wife and son insisting that they must take them to where I was.
“One of my neighbours, who works with the FRSC, Sabitu Abdulhamid was shot dead by the kidnappers when he rushed out in an attempt to save my family.
“The kidnappers have not made…
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