Gunmen Kill APC Chairman, Bala In Kebbi

Tragedy struck in Kebbi State on Wednesday as gunmen abducted and subsequently killed the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Suru Local Government Area, Alhaji Bako Bala.

According to a post on the official Facebook page of Alhaji Zaidu Bala Kofa Sabuwa, the Special Adviser to the Kebbi Governor on Television and Radio, the armed assailants kidnapped Bala in his hometown, shooting him before abandoning him in a pool of blood.

Despite being rushed to the Federal Medical Centre in Birnin Kebbi, Bala succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead on the same day.

Kebbi State has increasingly become a hotspot for kidnappings for ransom, with criminal elements operating despite ongoing efforts by security forces and the state government to dismantle their hideouts and rescue victims.

In other news, the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested four notorious kidnappers who have been terrorizing Abuja and its environs.

Naija News reports that the Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said the kidnappers were trailed and arrested on 1st October 2024 after the command acted on credible intelligence.

The police disclosed that the kidnappers named Yau Sani, a.k.a Baba (an ex-convict), Nuhu, a.k.a. Giwa, Kabiru Mohammed, and Yusuf Hassan are living at their criminal hideouts in Sauka, Abuja.

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