A retired Colonel, Lawal Rabi’u Yandoto, has been kidnapped in Yandoto in Tsafe local government area of Zamfara state.
According to a resident who pleaded anonymity, the bandits had also kidnapped two of his children alongside two other person’s who are together with him.
According to him, the bandits ambushed the retired Colonel at around 6:00pm on Sunday and kidnapped him along with his two children and two other victims.
“We heard sporadical gun shot very close to our Yandoto town and everybody started running Helter skelter for our safety.”
He continued by saying that as soon as the shots were fired, the neighborhood learned that the former army officer had been kidnapped.
As of the time the report was being put together, attempts to reach, the spokesperson for the state police command, SP. Muhammad Shehu, proved unsuccessful.
