Unknown Gunmen Kidnap Bauchi Lawmaker

Alhaji Yusuf Nuhu, a member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly,representenig Lame Constituency, has been abducted by unknown gunmen, on Monday.

Public Relations Offcer of the the Bauchi State Police Command, Mr Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the kidnap of Yusuf Nuhu on Monday night in Zalau village.

According to Mohammed, a police patrol team pursued the kidnappers into a forest on the boundary between Bauchi and Kaduna states.

The kidnappers abandoned their car when realised they were being pursued by the police and took Nuhu into the forest.

The police had cordoned off the area and were searching for the kidnappers and their victim.

Mohammed said that the car had been recovered, adding that eight rounds of ammunition were found in it.

Yusuf Nuhu is the latest victim of kidnapping in the state.

It would be recalled that three health workers on polio vaccination exercise were abducted in Darazo town on March 2; two of the workersregained the freedom.

The third victim, Malam Ali Garba, is stil in captivity, even as the police command says its men are doing their best to free Garba from his abductors.