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Two APC leaders kidnapped after attending Kaduna Governor’s inauguration

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update

Bandits have kidnapped two women leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) along Manini flash point in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The Birnin Gwari APC women leader, Hajiya Lami Awarware and her assistant, Hajiya Haulatu Aliyu, were abducted on Tuesday, May 30, after attending the inauguration of the state governor, Senator Uba Sani on Monday.

Chairman of Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU) Ishaq Usman Kasai, who disclosed this in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune on Wednesday morning, May 31, said the bandits blocked the road and kidnapped the women and dozens of others.

Findings gathered that immediately after the victims were kidnapped on Tuesday, the kidnappers took them to the forest.

He also said that the abductors are yet to contact the families of the victims or any person in the area.

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