SAN FRANCISCO, November 15, (THEWILL) – Gunmen on Saturday night, invaded Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State and abducted 3 persons.
The Rector of the Polytechnic, Kabir Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident said the gunmen gained access to the school around 9 pm.
Abdullahi said one of the lecturers, Bello Atiku is the Head of Department, Computer Engineering. He was abducted along with two of his children.
He added that another staff of the school, Sanusi Hassan, was shot in the hand and narrowly escaped being taken away by the gunmen.
The Rector said, “I was in Kaduna when the Chief Security Officer of the college called me and informed me about the attack.
“It is true that suspected armed bandits have kidnapped one of my staff, Engineer Bello Atiku who is the Head of Department, Computer Engineering of the school.
“He was also kidnapped along with two children to an unknown destination.”
The Rector, who decried the porous nature of the school, said “despite the vast land and the nearby forest, the polytechnic is unfenced, a situation that mitigates risk to occupants and the entire polytechnic community.”
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige neither picked nor respond to a text message to his phone on the matter.
