September 06, (THEWILL) – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Asma’u Tafoki, younger sister to the Deputy Speaker of Katsina House of Assembly, Dalhatu Tafoki.
Asma’u’s abduction occurred a few hours after gunmen abducted two sons and a wife of another member of the Assembly, Ibrahim Kurami on Saturday night.
Confirming the latest incident Tafoki, a lawmaker representing Faskari Constituency at the State Assembly, said the gunmen stormed his hometown, Tafoki, in the Faskari Local Government Area of the state around 1am on Sunday and abducted his about-to-wed sister.
THEWILL gathered that the gunmen who stormed the town, headed for the Deputy Speaker’s family compound where they initially abducted two ladies.
Members of the vigilante in the town reportedly engaged the gunmen in a duel during which one of the ladies escaped, but went away with Asma’u.
The Deputy Speaker said the gunmen were yet to contact the family for any demand, adding that the incident had been reported to the police.
The Spokesman for the Katsina State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah was yet to react to the incident as of the time of filing this report.
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