By RhemDy News
Gunmen believed to the bandits have abducted a Kebbi State High Court judge, Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza.
Daily Trust gathered that the judge was abducted in the early hours of Sunday at his home along Zogirma Road in Bunza Local Government Area of Kebbi.
Citing local sources, the newspaper disclosed that the attack took place at about 12am shortly after the judge returned from a trip to Sokoto.
“He had just returned from Sokoto when the gunmen stormed his residence and took him away,” a source said.
The source added that although nobody was hurt during the abduction, the attackers however shot sporadically before whisking the judge away.
“Immediately the incident occurred, we reported to the appropriate authorities, including the leadership of the High Court,” he said.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kebbi State Command, SP Bashir Usman, confirmed the abduction.
“I can confirm that Hon. Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza was abducted from his residence in Bunza around midnight”, the PPRO said.
SP Usman said on receiving the report on the abduction, the Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Muhammad Hadejia, immediately deployed tactical and intelligence operatives to ensure his safe rescue," he said.
Usman added that police personnel were combing identified locations, including forest areas, to ensure that the judge is rescued alive and unharmed.
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