HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBER KIDNAPPED IN KATSINA



The lawmaker representing Mashi/Dutsi Federal Constituency in Katsina State, Sani Bello Mashi, was yesterday kidnapped at Birnin Gwari town in Katsina State.

The lawmaker elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC),it was learnt, was abducted at gunpoint by some armed men shortly after he visited his farm in the town.

It was gathered that Mashi was with his driver at the time of the incident but the suspected bandits ordered his driver to flee with the legislator’s vehicle while they whisked him away on a motorcycle.

According to dependable sources, two young men on a motorcycle approached the lawmaker’s vehicle, waving at him to stop and assist them, but unfortunately for him, other members of the gang who were hiding in the bush, swopped on him immediately he stopped to attend to the duo he thought were his supporters in the area.

Efforts to rescue the kidnapped lawmaker reportedly commenced in Katsina State shortly after the incident was reported by the driver.

Efforts to reach the police spokesman of his home state, Katsina Police Command, DSP Salisu Agaisa, were futile at the time of filing this report as calls to his phone went unanswered.

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Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

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