Yobe district head kidnapped, police say

District head of Jajere in Fune council area of Yobe, Isa Mai-Buba, has been kidnapped, police has confirmed.

Mai-Buba was abducted from his home in Jajere on August 15, Yobe police spokesman ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, said on Sunday.

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“At about 22:05 hours on Saturday, gunmen attacked the house of the district head with heavy fire arms and disappeared with him into the thin air,” he said.

“Search parties were later on deployed, but up until now, no positive response of his whereabouts.”

The spokesman said efforts to rescue the district head were ongoing, assuring that perpetrators of the dastardly act would be arrested and prosecuted. (NAN)