Two wives and four children of former Zamfara state Accountant- General Alhaji Abubakar Bello and 17 others were kidnaped by bandits in Furfuri of Bungudu local government area of the state.
A Furfuri resident Malam Haruna Manaja Furfuri said the bandits stormed the town around 2:30 am on Monday, went straight to Bello’s house and kidnapped his two wives, three children.
Manaja, however, said the two wives and other women escaped hours after they were kidnapped.
“It was after the community trailed the bandits into the bush that the bandits left the victims and ran away. That is how some of the kidnapped victims including two wives of Alhaji Abubakar Bello were rescued,” he said.
He said three children of the former accountant general including a young lady who will soon be married were still in bandits’ den.
“As I am talking to you now, the bandits responded via telephone demanding some money from the accountant general as ransom before they could set his three children free,” he said.
Spokesperson of Zamfara state police command SP. Muhammad Shehu, said efforts were on by the command to rescue the kidnaped victims safely.
