Hajiya Zahra’u Haruna, wife of member Jigawa State House of Assembly from Miga was yesterday abducted by unknown gunmen from her residence in Dangyatum of Miga local government area.
The state assembly member Alhaji Haruna Aliyu Dangyatum was said to be in Saudi Arabia on a lesser hajj since two weeks.
The police public relations officer in the state SP Abdul Jinjiri confirmed the incidence to the Sun that, “at around 3 to 4 am of Saturday some gunmen numbering about five came to the residence of the assembly member and forcefully took away his wife Zahra’u to an unknown destination”.
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The PPRO who said the men are likely to be kidnappers even though they are yet to reach out to any one on a possible ransom to be paid.
The relatively peace enjoyed in the state was recently breached with the rising cases of kidnapping of government officials relatives.
It would be recalled that last year the mother of the Special adviser to the state governor Alhaji Yahaya ‘Big Man’ was kidnapped in her village and released after the family paid the sum of about N20 million to secure her release.
When contacted the state commissioner for Information Col. Mohammed Alhassan also confirmed the kidnapping but assured that there is a strategy being worked out to ensure her release safely back to her family.
