Bandit shave abducted the Vice Chairman of Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State, Aminu Umar.
According to PUNCH, residents said Umar was abducted around 1 am on Monday along with one Isah Paiki by bandits who invaded his village, Kira, in the Jimkamshi ward of the council.
The state police spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, who confirmed the incident revealed that the police had rescued Paiki while efforts were on to rescue the LG vice chairman.
Meanwhile, police operatives from the command rescued no fewer than five kidnap victims from two councils of the state on Sunday and early Monday.
Isah, who confirmed the development on Monday, said terrorists had earlier kidnapped the victims from different parts of the state.