Bandits have reportedly kidnapped the former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brgd. Gen. Maharazu Tsiga (retd.), in Tsiga village, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, in the early hours of Thursday.
The bandits also killed one person and abducted at least nine others, even as they were said to have ransacked several homes, carting away valuables.
The bandits attacked at 12.30am on Thursday, as eyewitness reports have it that the armed hoodlums stormed the community, shooting sporadically to scare residents.
The Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, was contacted to confirm the attack, he said he would give feedback shortly.
“I am yet to be briefed on the facts of the reports. I’ll get back to you as soon as I get the details, please,” he said.