Police: College provost, teacher abducted in Zamfara

The Zamfara police command has confirmed the abduction of Habibu Mainasara, provost, College of Agriculture and Animal Science Bakura.

Another school teacher of Government Science Secondary School Bakura was also said to have been abducted in the early hours of Sunday.

Mohammed Shehu, Zamfara police spokesman, made the confirmation in an interview with journalists in Gusau.

He said the command was aware of the incident and personnel were already deployed for necessary investigations on the matter.

Shehu said police and other security operatives in the state had commenced intelligence operation to ensure the safe release of the victims.

“The entire area has been combed by security personnel and very soon, the victims will be rescued and the perpetrators will be arrested and brought to book,” he said.

Atiku Aliyu, deputy registrar of the school, said the provost and one other school teacher were kidnapped at their residents at Government Secondary School, Bakura.

He said the kidnappers broke the window of the provost’s house to gain entry, adding that the school teacher abducted was his neighbour.

“Right now, that I am speaking, we don’t know anything about their whereabouts,” he said.