By Desire Emmanuel
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday night invaded the home of the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Alhaji Yusuf Alhassan, abducting his wife and son in the process.
The bandits were said to have arrived the residence located at the Low Cost Area of Yauri town a few minutes to midnight, abducting and taking them to an unknown location.
A source close to the town told Impact Nigeria News Online on Monday morning that the party chairman was not at home when the incident occurred as he was said to have travelled to Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, for a political meeting and was informed of the incident early on Monday morning.
The source added that security agencies had been informed of the abduction and they are currently making frantic efforts to close in on the abductors in order to rescue the victims.
In another sad development, on Sunday night, bandits who were moving on over 30 motorcycles from Magira in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State toward the Gatawa-Kullah axis abducted some residents and took them towards the Basira axis near Niger Republic.
They were said to have attacked Tafkin Kanu community in Makuwana ward and during the attack, many residents were abducted and a number of livestock also rustled.
Communities in the local government are currently left shaken, with families bemoaning the situation and what it portends for them.
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 some and abducting others for ransom.
