Gunmen kidnap farmer, wife in Kaduna

Gunmen on Monday night abducted a prominent farmer in Pari village, Chawai chiefdom of Kauru local government area of Kaduna State, Mr. Sunday Bage.

The hoodlums also went away with the victim’s wife, Listu.

A resident of the village told journalists on Tuesday, that the gunmen stormed the victims’ residence at about 10:00 p.m. and started shooting in the air to scare the villagers away.

They, thereafter, broke into the victims’ residence and dragged him and his wife outside.

“The man, who is popularly known as ‘Creation,’ and his wife, were forced to kneel while the house was ransacked.

“They were later taken to the bush through the Kuyambana- Kizachi-Chiwo-Kamaru route toward Kwall in Bassa local government area of Plateau State.

“They took Sunday and his wife away. They are in the bush,” he added.

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