Twelve Assistant-Superintendents of Police (ASPs) have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen, the BBC Hausa is reporting.
The officers were said to be on their way to Zamfara from Borno state, when they were accosted and kidnapped.
The BBC however noted that, the incident occurred 12 days ago, but only came to light on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Bulama Bukarti, an analyst in the Co-Existence team at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, while confirming the upd
BBC Hausa reports that twelve police officers (all ASPs) have been abducted by bandits. The wife of one of the officers told the BBC that her husband had phoned and instructed her to sell his house to raise ransom. She said she knows the families of eight other abducted officers.
That families of the officers are working to raise 800k each to rescue them. When the BBC contacted the Borno Police Command, from where the officers were deployed, they directed the BBC to the Katsina or Zamfara Commands. Both claimed to have no knowledge of the incident.
That families of the officers are working to raise 800k each to rescue them. When the BBC contacted the Borno Police Command, from where the officers were deployed, they directed the BBC to the Katsina or Zamfara Commands. Both claimed to have no knowledge of the incident.
