September 05, (THEWILL) – The Dodo of Wawa in Borgu local government area of Niger State, Dr Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu, has been abducted by suspected bandits.
He was abducted from his palace in Wawa town on Saturday night and taken to an unknown destination.
Wawa has one the oldest emirates carved out of Kwara State when Niger was created.
A source familiar with the development, said the bandits numbering over seven, stormed the palace after the late evening prayers and seized the district head “who has just returned from the mosque”.
He said the assailants arrived at the palace on motorcycles, shooting sporadically into the air and headed for their target.
“From all indications, their mission was to take away the Dodo because they didn’t branch anywhere nor did they abducted anyone else”, he explained.
THEWILL reports that Borgu local government area had also come under sustained attack by bandits for quite some time now.
In Penultimate week, some members of the Kainji National Park along with security agents were killed and others abducted by the armed men..
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