…Gunmen on bikes kidnap district head in his palace in Wawa, Niger State
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By Kingsley Omonobi, Wole Mosadomi, Bashir Bello & Luminous Jannamike
The wave of kidnapping in the country continued weekend, as bandits killed ward head of Masaku, Malam Yahuza, in Gundawa area of Katsina State, and abducted the wife and two children of the lawmaker representing Bakori constituency in the state House of Assembly, Dr. Ibrahim Kurami.
Also kidnapped was the District Head of Wawa in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, Alhaji Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu, the Dodo of Wawa.
The killing and abductions came as Northern Elders Forum, NEF, asked governors, especially in the north, to go beyond the imposition…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper