November 23, (THEWILL) – A former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State, Sule Muhammad, has been abducted by gunmen.
THEWILL gathered that Muhammad was abducted on Thursday, at his residence in Zungeru at about 12 a.m, while his daughter and son were injured by the gunmen.
“When they (gunmen) came around on Thursday, they started sporadic shooting and it lasted for about an hour before they took away the former APC Chairman, Wushishi LGA, Alhaji Sule.
“They shot his daughter in the leg and one of his sons also sustained cutlass cuts. As I speak with you, they have not established contact with the family”, a resident in the area told newsmen.
The Niger State Police Command has not issued any statement on the incident.
