A newlywed bride and a nursing mother had been abducted by bandits in Sutti village in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
The nursing mother who is married to Magajin Garin Sulli was kidnapped along with her baby from their residence on Thursday night, while it was learned that the newly married was kidnapped earlier on Wednesday, 19 August while being taken to her husband’s house.
According to Daily Trust, the bandits also kidnapped a yet-to-be ascertained number of traders along Balle-Tangaza road on Wednesday, August 19.
A source said;
“The traders were coming back to Tangaza from Balle in two commercial vehicles. They rammed into a roadblock mounted by the bandits, who ordered them out of the vehicles and whisked them away.
“As at last Friday, nothing had been heard about them but the vehicles are still there at the spot of the abduction.”
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Some of the villages had been deserted for fear of attack and it was further gathered that there been a series of kidnappings in Tangaza and Gudu Local Government Areas, especially at night.
The source added;
“There is a village called Garin Alfarma that was deserted by most of its residents who relocated to Gidan Madi, the headquarters of Tangaza Council Area for fear of the hoodlums.
“They (bandits) usually operate in the night. They come to remote places that we cannot reach in time due to their terrain, abduct their victims, and run away.”
According to spokesman of the Sokoto State Police Command, ASP Muhammad Sadiq who confirmed the development said a joint patrol has been initiated in the area.
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