Alhaji Isa Mai-Buba, the District Head of Jajere in Fune Local Government Area of the state has been abducted by unknown gunmen.
The Police Command in Yobe has confirmed the abduction of the district head who was said to have been abducted on Saturday.
The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, stated this in a statement released in Damaturu on Sunday.
He said Mai-Buba was abducted at his residence in Jajere on Saturday, Aug 15.
“At about 22:05 hours on Saturday, gunmen attacked the house of the district head with heavy fire arms and disappeared with him into the thin air.
“Search parties were later on deployed, but up until now, no positive response of his whereabouts,” Abdulkarim said.
The spokesman said efforts to rescue the district head were ongoing, assuring that perpetrators of the dastardly act would be arrested and prosecuted.
In another report, Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a total of 32 suspects in connection with the cases of kidnapping, armed robbery, rape, hard drugs dealing, culpable homicide and other heinous crime including being in possession of locally made prohibited firearms.
The Command also rescued a 6 years child, Mohammed Abubakar Sadiq from his kidnappers who demanded a ransom of the sum of N2.5m before they were arrested by the Police at the point of taking the ransom.