A retired colonel, Rabi’u Yandoto, and his two children, have been kidnapped by bandits on the Gusau-Tsafe Road in Zamfara State.
According to PUNCH, an indigene of the area, Mohammed Hassan, said Yandoto was going to his hometown together with his two children Sunday night when he was ambushed by bandits and taken to the forest.
Hassan said, “The bandits ambushed the retired colonel on Sunday night and kidnapped him along with his two children and two other victims”.
“We heard gunshots and started running into the bush for fear of the bandits but later realised that Colonel Yandoto was their target,” Hassan added.
Yandoto is a close political rival to Senator Kabiru Marafa and has been campaigning against Marafa’s ambition of winning election in 2023.
He is the leader of the Zamfara All Progressive Congress political group called ‘Wake da Shinkafa’ with the sole aim of ensuring that Kabiru Marafa does not win the senatorial seat come 2023.
The state police spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu, could not be reached on phone to comment on the incident as of the time of filing this report.
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