Bauchi: Gunmen abduct 5 in Ningi LGA | Tellwell Newspaper
From Ahmad Saka, Bauchi
Gunmen, last weekend, abducted five persons across two communities in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The five comprise a nursing mother, her 4-month-old baby and two others, abducted at Rafin Ciyawa, and a businessman, abducted at Dogonruwa.
Chairman of Ningi Local Government Area Mamuda Hassan Tabla, and the Bauchi State Police Command spokesman, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, separately confirmed the incidents.
The gunmen, according to sources, invaded Raging Ciyawa about 2:00 am of Thursday, 28th July.
The Police Spokesman, Wakil said “the gunmen went to the house of one Mr Nnami Sunday a businessman at Rafin Ciyawa village in Ningi LGA of Bauchi State took away his wife, Mrs Mercy Nnami 42 years old with her four months old baby boy and a sales boy, one Bala Ali who is 27 years old”.
He said “On receiving the information, the Commissioner of Police, Umar Sanda, directed the DPO of Ningi and the Area Commander to commence discreet investigations,” explaining further, “Presently, the Commander and a group of vigilante have been dispatched to the forests to comb the area for possible rescue of the victims. Other sister security agencies are collaborating with the Police on the rescue mission”.
The Chairman of Ningi LGA, Mamuda Hassan Tabla, said that 24 hours after the abduction, the kidnappers released the nursing mother and the baby after some amount was paid but are holding onto the businessman, demanding the sum of N10m before for his release.
On the Dogonruwa incident, a group of yet-to-be-identified gunmen abducted another businessman, Alhaji Ali Dogonruwa in his house located in Dogonruwa village in Ningi LGA.
The Local Government Chairman, Mamuda Hassan Tabla, confirmed the development saying that a tight security measure has been put in place to ensure that all those in captivity with the kidnappers were safely released as well as to ensure that such did not happen again in the area.
The Council Chairman said that the unknown gunmen are resurfacing in the area because of the rainy season during which shrubs have to provide sufficient cover for them to operate.
He lamented that because of the muddy nature of the terrain, security agents find it difficult to comb the bushes for successful operations.
The Chairman appealed to the state government to deploy more well-armed security personnel, particularly soldiers to the area.
He expressed confidence that with more armed personnel, there will be effective patrol and combing of the entire forest to smoke out the bandits from their hideouts.
