Gunmen kidnap community leader, Son in fresh Yobe attack
Suspected gunmen have attacked Mashio community in Fune Local Government Council of Yobe State.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, and Acting Chairman of the affected Local Government, Abubakar Kolere confirmed this on Sunday, August 16.
Daily Times gathered that the community’s village head, Isa Mai Buba, and his son were abducted.
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The attack occurred on Saturday night and the son of the village head escaped from the kidnappers hands in the early hours of Sunday but his father is still in captivity.
Daily Times recalls that the attack few days after 14 people were recently killed by gunmen at Ukuru village in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State.
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