Yobe Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that the abducted District Head of Mashio, Alhaji Isa Mai-Buba, has been released by his captors.
WITHIN NIGERIA had earlier reported that Mai-Buba was abducted by unknown gunmen at his residence on Aug. 15. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, made the disclosure in a statement released in Damaturu.
He said Mai-Buba was released by his captors on Tuesday in Damaturu, near the state airport along Gashua Road. “This came as a result of efforts by the joint operation of securities, where all routes linking the district with other locations were beefed up.
“That made it impossible for the abductors to move out to their destination with the chief,” the spokesman said. Abdulkarim said the victim would receive medical attention for stress and fatigue before being released to his family.
Meanwhile, the Police Command in Niger has confirmed the abduction of a foreign national and a Nigerian by suspected bandits between Yankila and Regina village of Rafi Local Government Area of the state.
Mr. Adamu Usman, Commissioner of Police, confirmed the incident in Minna on Tuesday.
Usman said on Aug. 17 at about 11.05 hours information was received that armed bandits attacked and kidnapped two staff of Transparent Construction company.