Gunmen kidnap Katsina village head

Earlier on Friday morning, gunmen suspected to be bandits abducted the village head of Raddah community in Charanchi local government area of Katsina state, Alhaji Kabir Umar.

They also injured Umar’s younger brother identified as Aminu on the thigh.

Residents revealed that the gunmen stormed the community in large numbers around 2 in the morning and operated for hours.

The spokesman for the Katsina police command, SP Gambo Isah confirmed the incident but failed to give details.