The abduction of a former Secretary General of the then Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Alhaji Ahmed Sani Toro, by gunmen has left his kinsmen in utter shock.
The former member of the House of Representatives was abducted Saturday night on Abuja-Jos road along with a former Super Eagles assistant coach, Garba Iliya.
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Both men were said to be travelling back to Bauchi after they attended the wedding of the son of a former NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari in Abuja on Friday.
Reacting to the unfortunate development, the Sarkin Yakin Bauchi and Head of Lame, Alhaji Aliyu Yakubu Lame expressed shock over the abduction and called on the federal government to come to the rescue of the former commissioner of sports in Bauchi State.
He also lamented that the victims have different health challenges and should be pitted by their captors.
Another member of the Toro family who pleaded for anonymity also called on the government to help in ensuring the safe return of the abductees.
He said “We are calling on the government to help us. We are all traumatised by this ugly incident.
“The kidnappers have contacted us but we can’t afford what they are demanding.
“The victims are useful members of the society who deserve to be helped in their trying moment,” he pleaded.
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