Details have emerged following the abduction of retired Maj.-(Gen.Rabe Abubakar, a former Director of Defence Information, and his wife by suspected bandits in Katsina State.
The Katsina State Police Command confirmed that the incident occurred around 11:00 a.m. on Saturday along the Katsina–Matazu road.
According to police spokesperson Abubakar Aliyu, armed bandits intercepted the couple’s Peugeot saloon car in the Matazu Local Government Area, opening fire before whisking them away to an unknown destination.
While the retired general and his wife were captured, their driver managed to escape with a bullet wound.
“What happened was that today at about 11:00, suspected armed bandits intercepted a Peugeot 406 saloon vehicle, opened fire and abducted two occupants while the driver escaped,” the police spokesperson was quoted as saying.
The police said a search-and-rescue operation had been launched immediately after the incident.
Aliyu said the Katsina State Commissioner of Police had visited the scene for an on-the-spot assessment and deployed additional tactical units and resources to support the rescue effort.
“Currently, our operatives, including the VCRU, are on a search-and-rescue operation, combing the surrounding bushes. Further developments will be communicated,” he said.
Persecondnews recalls that Abubakar served as Director of Defence Information, the media arm of the Defence Headquarters, between 2015 and 2017.
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