A health worker and his brother have been kidnapped on Friday night at the Wusasa area of Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The hoodlum attacked the area around 9 pm., shooting indiscriminately to scare the crowd before abducting the victims, Yushau Peter of St. Luke’s Hospital and his brother, Joshua Peter.
The village head of Wusasa, Engineer Isiyaku Ibrahim, confirmed the incident.
He lamented, “The kidnappers have so often made our area their target of attacks, abducting many of our people.”
He revealed that Wusasa area, located outside the ancient city of Zazzau, has been under incessant attacks in recent times, narrating that a soldier and a vigilante member were killed not long ago.
He also added that a university professor and Wazirin Wusasa was killed with his son kidnapped.
As at the time of filing this report, efforts to reach DSP Mohammed Jalige, the state police public relations officer, for comment on the matter were not successful.