By Desire Emmanuel
A popular business man who relocated from his community to another town over issue of insecurity has been abducted in the new place he moved to.
Alhaji Sabitu Mai Katifu, a well-known businessman in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, widely recognised for his foam business, relocated from Chediya community to Makarfi town about two months ago in search of safety amid rising insecurity.
However, two months after relocating, he was abducted in Makarfi town on Monday afternoon by a group of armed men.
A source close to Makarfi town told Impact Nigeria News Online on Tuesday night that the business man had always complained that some people were after him, a reason that made him to relocate to the new town, not knowing that he would still be traced to the place.
As of the time of this report, the abductors are yet to establish contact with his family members while the state police command, which said it was aware of the incident, has promised to rescue him from the den of the abductors.
In another positive development, a young boy from Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, who went missing during a bandit attack on his village, has been found in Kano State.
According to sources, the boy, identified simply as Kabiru, was discovered in Takaratsa village of Rimin Gado Local Government and he said his father’s name is Hamza and that of his mother is Hasiya.
The Northern part of the country, especially the North-West, has been under the grips of bandits and terrorists who unleash mayhem on residents of various communities, killing people and abducting others for ransom.
