Gunmen at about 7:14 p.m. on Thursday along the Kunduru–Kadanya feeder road in Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State laid an ambush and kidnapped one Kabiru Bature, a 35-year-old driver attached to Stantech Road Construction Company.
Following the development, search-and-rescue operation has been launched to secure the release of a road construction worker.
A security expert Makama Zagazola, who announced the development through his official x handle on Saturday, quoting sources, said that security forces were immediately mobilised to the area, blocked all potential escape routes, and initiated a cordon-and-search operation aimed at rescuing the victim and apprehending the perpetrators.
According Zagazola, the troops have been deployed to track the movements of the kidnappers, believed to have fled into the surrounding forest.
He added that efforts were ongoing as of the time of filing this report to rescue the victim safely and bring the abductors to justice.
