Bauchi: Gunmen kidnap pregnant woman, 25, in Bogoro LGA
From Ahmad Saka, Bauchi
Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a pregnant woman, Rahila Da’u, 25, by gunmen at Gizaki village in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Confirming the incident, Bauchi State Police Command’s spokesman, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakili, said before abducting Rahila, the gunmen inflicted wounds on her father, Bello Da’u, 70, who was later feared dead.
SP Wakili, who said the state’s Commissioner of Police, Umar Mamman Sanda, issued an immediate order for the rescue of Rahila, added that operatives visited the scene where they recovered some five empty shells of bullets fired by the kidnappers whose number he said could not yet be ascertained.
He assured an investigation has been launched into the unfortunate incident with a view to rescuing Rahila Dau and apprehend the kidnappers
A security source in the area said the gunmen, whose number he could not ascertain, stormed Rahila’s home at Gibob a settlement in Gizaki Village of Lusa Ward in Bogoro LGA, bordering Plateau state and kidnapped Rahila and took her to an undisclosed location.
The source said “The gunmen who were said to be wielding AK-47 raffles, machetes and other dangerous weapons, invaded the settlement, shooting sporadically within the family compound of Alhaji Da’u Bello aged about 70 years a Fulani by tribe, and abducted his daughter Rahila Da’u aged about 25 years”.
He revealed that the kidnappers inflicted varying degrees of injuries and a fracture on the left leg of Alhaji Bello before they took away his daughter.
Alh Bello Dau was taken to the hospital for treatment and was later referred to Orthopedic hospital in Kano for specialist attention considering the level of the fracture which was a serious one and must be attended to by Specialists.
As of the time of filing this report, the abductors have been able to establish contact with members of the family and opened line of negotiation by making demand for ransom, leaving the family in total confusion considering her state of pregnancy while the father is critically ill at the hospital.
The Chairman of Bogoro LGC, Iliya Habila, called on traditional rulers and community leaders in the area to be more watchful and strengthen their local security networks to curtail the influx of strangers into their domains to avoid future occurrences of kidnapping and other crimes.
