Muhammed Bashir, a journalist based in Kogi State, is pleading for prayers after his wife and two daughters were kidnapped by gunmen in Kaduna State on Thursday.
The abduction occurred in a suburb of Kaduna where Bashir’s family had traveled to spend the holiday.
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Bashir, who works as a correspondent for the Nigeria Telegraph, shared the distressing news with colleagues in Lokoja, Kogi State’s capital. In a message posted on the Kogi Correspondents’ Chapel WhatsApp platform, he wrote, “My dear colleagues, please, I need your prayers. My two daughters and their mother, including eight others, were kidnapped yesterday by unknown gunmen in Kaduna, where they went for a holiday. Please pray for me.”
The journalist detailed that his family had left Abuja on the same day for Kaduna but were kidnapped later that night at their residence. Bashir has reached out to the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS), who have assured him that efforts are underway to secure the release of the kidnapped family members.
Rarara’s Mother abducted by gunmen in early morning raid
Recall that Daily News 24 reported how Hajiya Halima Adamu, the mother of the renowned Hausa singer Dauda Adamu, popularly known as Rarara, was abducted.
Halima was taken from her residence in Kahutu village, Danja local government area of Katsina State.
A source in Kahutu village detailed the incident, explaining that the bandits struck around 1 am on Friday. “The bandits came on foot and silently because they did not fire a single shot during the operation that lasted for just a few minutes,” the source revealed. “The woman did not resist when the bandits requested her to go along with them.”
Despite encountering other individuals in the house, the assailants specifically targeted Rarara’s mother, leaving the others behind.
The source emphasized the community’s helplessness during the ordeal “No attempt to confront the bandits while leaving the house because they were armed with guns.”
