Residents of Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State have commended the police, army, and members of the vigilante group for repelling a kidnap attempt at Tijjani Malumfashi Housing Estate.
According to a source in the area, about 50 suspected kidnappers attacked residents of the housing estate and attempted to abduct several residents on Saturday.
He said the terrorists stormed the estate at about 11 p.m. and immediately began to shoot sporadically into the air.
He claimed they grouped themselves and went from house to house, bringing out the residents before the intervention of security operatives, who got wind of the incident.
It was also gathered that the arrival of security operatives saved the residents, including a judge, from being taken away by the gunmen.
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The residents also said the terrorists had brought at least six people out of their residences, tied and blindfolded them before the arrival of the security personnel.
The Divisional Police Officer at Malumfashi, alongside a team of policemen, troops of the Nigerian Army, and members of the vigilante group, successfully repelled the attack, as there was a heavy exchange of gunfire between the kidnappers and the security personnel for more than one hour before the gunmen fled.
He added that the gunmen shot one of the would-have-been kidnap victims, a prominent businessman, who is currently receiving treatment at a General Hospital.
The spokesman of the police, Assistant Superintendent ASP Abubakar-Sadiq Aliyu, confirmed the incident, saying an investigation is ongoing.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
