Gunmen invade Buhari’s state, kidnap residents

Many residents of Rahamawa and Shagari low-cost housing estates of Katsina State have been abducted by bandits.
Report says the attackers came in broad daylight, trekking with the victims to the place they packed their motorcycles.
According to Daily Post, the bandits came around 6:15 am on Thursday and the people saw them moving with their captives and learned that they were from the Rahamawa area of Katsina.
He added, “Our people said they have seen about 13 to 15 attackers moving in a haste with the people they kidnapped.”
He explained that there was an exchange of gunfire with security agents to disperse the attackers and rescue the victims, stressing that he was not sure whether all the captives were rescued or not.
The Police spokesman in Katsina, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the attack, saying that the attackers invaded the residence of one Abdullahi Esha, a businessman in Sokoto Rima quarters of Katsina metropolis, broke into the house through his boundary wall and abducted a housewife.
He stated that “on 22nd June, 2022, at about 0230hrs, terrorists, armed with AK-47 rifles attacked the house of one Abdullahi Esha of Sokoto Rima Quarters, Katsina and kidnapped his 18-year-old daughter.”