Unknown gunmen on Wednesday abducted a businessman in Mingibir town, about 34 kilometers away from Kano metropolis.
An eyewitness, who preferred anonymity, revealed that the gunmen invaded the private residence of the business mogul at about 1:00 am Wednesday morning shooting sporadically into the air.
According to the source, the gunmen numbering 12, came in a white Hilux van, two Sharoon Salons and four motor bikes, and bombarded the resident before forcefully took him away.
The source added that the kidnapped man is a popular dealer of electronics and appliances at Sabon Gari market.
“We noticed the kdnappers came from a few distance where they parked their vehicles. They shot sporadically into the air to scare people. Nobody slept from that early hours of that morning till the day broke. Few minutes after locating the man’s resident, they took him away”, the eyewitness said.
Meanwhile, the gunmen also burnt a police van station at the front of the business man’s resident after ove-powering the security men.
Efforts to reach the police on the development was not successful as phone calls and text message sent to the Police spokesperson, DSP Abdullai Haruna was not responded to.
