Bandits, in the early hours of Tuesday, abducted a bank manager of TAJ Bank, Zamfara State branch, Mansur Kaura.

A resident of the area, Musa Ibrahim, said Kaura was kidnapped when the bandits invaded his residence at Rijiyar Gabas area in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, around 1 am.

The bandits, according to a source close to the Madaki (head) of the community, Chief John Jatau, were demanding N900m to free the hostages.

Speaking on the abduction of the bank manager in Gusau, Ibrahim, said the gunmen, after abducting him from his residence, whisked him to an unknown destination.

According to him, “The bandits, who carried sophisticated weapons, began to shoot sporadically in all directions immediately after they arrived at the manager’s residence.

“When they realised that the people of the area were hiding in their houses, they went straight to the bank manager’s residence and broke the door and then whisked him away.”

Ibrahim said the manager, when being driven away, was shouting for help but nobody could come out to rescue him.

“He was shouting for help but unfortunately, nobody could risk his life to come out and help him,” he said.

The spokesperson for the state police command, Yazid Abubakar, could not be reached for comment at the time of filling this report. (Excerpted from a report by The PUNCH)