A bank manager, identified as Mansur Kaura, was abducted from the Zamfara State branch of TAJ Bank in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to PUNCH report, a resident of the area, Musa Ibrahim, said Kaura was kidnapped when the bandits invaded his residence at Rijiyar Gabas area in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, around 1 am.on Tuesday.
The bandits, according to a source close to the Madaki (head) of the community, Chief John Jatau, noted that the bandits were demanding N900m to free the hostages.
Speaking on the abduction of the bank manager in Gusau, Ibrahim said the gunmen, after abducting him from his residence, whisked him to an unknown destination.
According to him, “The bandits, who carried sophisticated weapons, began to shoot sporadically in all directions immediately after they arrived at the manager’s residence.
“When they realised that the people of the area were hiding in their houses, they went straight to the bank manager’s residence and broke the door and then whisked him away.”
“He was shouting for help but unfortunately, nobody could risk his life to come out and help him,” he said.
As at the time of this report, the police is yet to confirm the incident.
