Gunmen have abducted Ambassador Bashir Isa Gusau, the North-West Youth Leader of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation in Zamfara State, in a fresh attack in Gusau, the state capital.
According to report, the abduction took place after no fewer than 30 heavily armed men stormed Gusau’s residence and whisked him away in the presence of his wife.
A security platform, Bakatsine, on X formerly Twitter also confirmed the incident on Thursday, adding that security agencies were alerted immediately after the attack.
Sources said the attackers arrived in large numbers and overpowered any form of resistance before taking the victim to an undisclosed location.
Zamfara State has remained one of the worst-hit areas in Nigeria’s insecurity crisis, recording years of banditry, mass kidnappings and deadly attacks on rural communities, despite repeated assurances by successive governments and security agencies.
Several local government areas in the state and neighbouring parts of the North-West have continued to witness frequent incursions by armed groups, with politicians, traditional rulers and residents increasingly becoming targets for kidnapping-for-ransom.
