BREAKING: Bandits abduct Kebbi High Court judge
Police deployed tactical and intelligence units as no group claimed responsibility for the abduction, officials said.
- Gunmen abducted Kebbi State High Court judge Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza from his residence in Bunza Local Government Area early Sunday, shortly after he returned from a trip to Sokoto State.
- Armed groups in the region have intensified kidnappings of prominent officials; this abduction represents the second such incident within 24 hours, following a local government chairman's seizure in neighbouring Zamfara State.
- Commissioner of Police Umar Muhammad Hadejia immediately deployed tactical and intelligence operatives upon receiving news of the kidnapping, with personnel currently searching identified forest locations to secure the judge's safe rescue.
- Management of the Kebbi State High Court convened with security agency heads to coordinate rescue efforts, though no group has claimed responsibility for the abduction as of Sunday.
- Armed groups in the Northwest operate fluidly across state boundaries, exploiting vast forest reserves including Rugu and Kuyambana to conduct cross-border strikes before retreating into remote hideouts.
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Suspected bandits have abducted a Kebbi State High Court judge, Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza, after attacking his residence in Bunza Local Government Area, prompting an intensive rescue operation by security agencies. The judge was reportedly kidnapped around midnight on Sunday shortly after returning from Sokoto. Eyewitnesses said the armed men stormed his home, fired sporadically to...
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