Fifty-five members of the Nigeria Cellphone Sellers and Repairers Association, Zamfara State chapter, have been abducted by bandits along Sokoto-Gusau Road.
The association’s Secretary, Ashiru Shua’ibu, who disclosed this while addressing journalists in Gusau, said the abducted members were returning from a wedding in Tambuwal town of Sokoto State on Saturday evening when they were kidnapped and taken to the forest by the bandits.
Shua’ibu said the victims were in two vehicles when they were stopped by bandits between Tureta town in Sokoto State and Bakura town in Zamfara State and later taken to the forest.
“They boarded two buses from Tambuwal immediately after the wedding and headed to Gusau.
“Unfortunately, they were stopped and kidnapped by the bandits between Tureta town in Sokoto and Bakura in Zamfara state,” he said.
He, however, explained that 25 abductees managed to escape later, while the remaining 30 are still in captivity.
Shua’ibu appealed to the Zamfara State Government and security agencies to come to the aid of their members and rescue them from the bandits’ camp.
The state Commissioner for Security, Mamman Tsafe; and the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu, could not be reached to comment on the incident as at the time of filling this report.
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