Operatives of Kaduna State Police Command have confirmed the abduction of 85-year-old Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu and 10 members of his family, by bandits in the early hours of Sunday.
The emir’s abduction is another in the series of abductions in Kaduna in the last one week.
The situation has turned Kaduna state to epicenter of abductions in the country, especially of school children.
In addition to the troops combing the forests, the police command said they are expecting the Inspector-General of Police Tactical Unit to give them technical support.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, said in a statement that the incident occurred around 2.34am.
According to him, bandits in large numbers and wielding weapons, gained access into the emir’s palace, abducted him and 10 members of his immediate family.
The police spokesman said;
The Kaduna Police Command, through the Divisional Police Officer, Kajuru, Kaduna, is in receipt of an unfortunate report on the kidnap of the Chief of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, in the early hours of today, July 11, 2021.
The incident occurred around 2.34am when armed bandits in large numbers invaded Kajuru town, shot indiscriminately and gained access into the chief’s residence, where they abducted him and 10 members of his immediate family to an unknown destination.
He stressed;
Notwithstanding, the joint patrol of the Police Mobile Force, conventional police and the Nigerian Army attached to the Kajuru LGA are currently engaged in search and rescue mission around the forest for a possible rescue of the victims, while the IGP’s tactical units have been contacted for technical support.
While saying that the command was saddened by the latest attack, Jalige urged members of the public to remain calm and;
Always support the police and other security agencies with credible information that will enable them curtail any possible attack on innocent citizens before it happens.
A source close to the Emir had told journalists that some of the abducted persons were aides of the Emir .
He also said that the Emir summoned a security meeting on Saturday in which he disclosed a threat to kidnap him.
Meanwhile, the residence of Mrs Jummai Suleiman, a clinical psychologist at the Department of Psychiatric, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, was attacked around 9pm on Saturday and she and her three children were abducted by bandits.
The names of the children were given as Abdullateef, 10; Amina, six; and Abdulrahman, four.
Similarly, gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the Provost, Zamfara State College of Agriculture, Bakura, Alhaji Habibu Mainasara.
Also kidnapped were a teacher at the Government Science Secondary School, Bakura, Malam Mohammed Kabi, and one other boy whose identity had yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.
According to a family source, the provost was abducted by the bandits around 2am on Sunday from his official residence within the Government Science Secondary School, Bakura.
