KEBBI (Sundiata Post) – Armed bandits, on Saturday, kidnapped the district head of Kanya under the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
The bandits kidnapped the district head, Isah Daya when they stormed his village on Saturday.
The bandits killed one, injured three persons and kidnapped eight others.
Police spokesperson in the state, Nafui Abubakar, who confirmed the attack, gave the name of the deceased as Sherrif Alhaji Almu.
According to him, a combined security team led by the police has launched a manhunt on the abductors of the monarch to rescue the abducted persons.
He noted that the Kebbi State Government has provided the needed logistics to tame banditry in the affected towns, particularly Kebbi South, Zuru Emirate.
The attack came a few days after bandits killed the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Suru Local Government Area of the state.
