Gunmen have kidnapped the wife of one Alhaji Aliyu Mai-Yadi Charanchi and his three-year-old son in the Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State. Residents said the incident occurred around 12.30am on Tuesday.
It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the couples’ residence located at Unguwar Gabas in Charanchi. It could not be ascertained if the gunmen were bandits or miscreants kidnapping for ransom.
The spokesman for the Katsina State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident, adding that details of the incident were still being awaited from the Divisional Police Officer in the area. The abductors had yet to get across to the family as of the time of filing this report.
The state government had on Monday and Tuesday organised a security awareness workshop for heads of local government administration and district heads in the state.