GIOTV reports that Kabir Muhammad Inuwa, a brother to the Secretary to the Katsina State Government (SSG), Mustapha Inuwa, has been abducted by unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits.
It was gathered that the SSG’s brother was abducted on Wednesday when the gunmen invaded his farm in Daftau village in the Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State.“He is a stepbrother of the SSG; the same father but not the same mother. He was abducted on his farm. He is much older than the SSG and a retired police officer,” a source disclosed on Friday.
GIOTV reports that Katsina, despite being the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, has witnessed several attacks that have claimed the lives of many residents.
Over 1000 people have been reportedly killed by the gunmen in Jibia, Kankara, Dutsinma, Musawa, Danmusa, and Safana Local Government Areas of the state in the last five months.
On December 11, 2020, some bandits abducted 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. The abducted students were released about a week later.
Also on December 19, 2020, no fewer than 84 Islamiyya students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya in Mahuta village, Dandume Local Government Area of the state were abducted but rescued shortly after.