Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of a 25 year-old pregnant woman, called Rahila Da’u, while her father was injured in the process.
The pregnant woman was abducted from n Gizaki Village of Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The command’s Public Relations Officer SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakili said the report was received at the Bogoro Police Division.
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He said the DPO was directed by the Commissioner of Police, Umar Mamman Sanda to do everything possible to rescue the victim.
The PPRO added that the police personnel led by the DPO have visited the scene where they recovered some five empty shells of bullets fired by the kidnapperrs.
He however assured that the police personnel are on top of the situation in ensuring that the victim was rescued unhurt.
A security source in the area said the gunmen whose number could not be ascertained yet, stormed her home in Gibob, a settlement in Gizaki Village on the Bauchi-Plateau border.and kidnapped Rahila, took her away to an undisclosed location.
The source said “The gunmen who were said to be wielding AK-47 rifles, machetes and other dangerous weapons, invaded the settlement shooting sporadically within the family compound of Alhaji Da’u Bello, about 70-year-old Fulani man, and abducted his daughter Rahila Da’u aged about 25 years”.
He revealed that the kidnappers inflicted injuries on the victims and a fracture on the left leg of Alhaji Bello before they took away his daughter.
Alh Bello Dau was taken to the hospital for treatment and was later referred to Dala Orthopedic Hospital in Kano for specialist attention considering the level of the fracture which was a serious one.
As of the time of filing this report, the abductors have not contacted members of the family for negotiation by making demand for ransom, leaving the family in confusion considering her state of pregnancy while the father is in the hospital.
Meanwhile, the Executive Chairman of Bogoro LGC, Hon Iliya Habila has called on traditional rulers and community leaders in the area to be more watchful and strengthen their local security networks to curtail influx of strangers into their domains to avoid future occurrences of kidnapping and other crimes .
The chairman said, “We have had three kidnapping incidences which have direct or indirect link with border communities, hence there’ is need for our people to to be more watchful, the chairman warns” .
He said that, “recent happenings show that we must tighten our local security network in our communities, be more vigilant whether in the farms, churches and mosques, markets, social gatherings and other gatherings” .
Iliya Habila added that, “You recall that we have witnessed attacks on some families, especially the recent one on the borders of our Local government around Gizaki area” .
