A Fulani leader, Alhaji Aliyu Abdullahi, has been abducted by bandits in Maganda village near Kagarko town in Kaduna State after attending security meeting.
The leader, who is popularly known as Ardon Maganda, was reportedly abducted around 6:12pm on Monday, December 26, while on a motorcycle from Janjala village going back to neighbouring Maganda village.
Abdullahi, who is the leader of Fulani in Kagarko, was said to had attended a meeting with other village chiefs under Kagarko LGA over recent attacks by bandits in some communities in the area when he was abducted.
A source from Janjala community, simply identified as Ishaq, said, “This morning (Tuesday), someone from Maganda who was coming to Janjala saw Ardo’s motorcycle abandoned by the roadside and suspected that he has been kidnapped,” he said.
Ishaq said the victim earlier visited families of some of his kinsmen that were abducted last Wednesday, at a camp near Janjala before he proceeded to attend a meeting in Janjala village.