The district head of Wuya town in Anka local government area of Zamfara state, Alhaji Umar, and his son, Manir Umar, have been kidnapped by suspected bandits.
The Herald gathered that the bandits also kidnapped Chief Imam of the town, Malam Murtala, when he was observing afternoon congregational prayers on Saturday, March 21.
An eye witness, Alhaji Muhammadu Biyu, explained that the bandits shot into air indiscriminately so as to scare the people of the town and later escaped with the victims.
Biyu added that the people of the town later pursued the bandits in a bid to rescue the three kidnapped persons.
According to him, “He has been very kind and helpful to the repentant bandits and even allowed them to be mingling with the people of his district, where many people thought that he was part of them. Now they have abducted him.”