ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Families of two kidnapped All Progressives Congress (APC) women leaders, have appealed to the authorities to come to their rescue.
They were allegedly abducted by terrorists in Kaduna State, the families told Journalists on Wednesday in Kaduna.
According to the families, the two women, Hajiya Lami Awarware and her assistant, Hajiya Haulatu Aliyu, were now in captivity and no one was contacted over their matter.
The chairman of Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU, Ishaq Usman Kasai, said the APC women leaders were kidnapped along the Manini flash point of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state after attending the inauguration of the State Governor, Senator Uba Sani.
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“The bandits blocked the road and kidnapped the two APC women leaders including dozens of others. The kidnapped women leaders are Birnin Gwari APC women leader, Hajiya Lami Awarware and her assistant, Hajiya Haulatu Aliyu.
“After they were kidnapped on Tuesday, the kidnappers took them to the forest. The abductors are yet to contact the families of the victims or any person in the area,” he alleged.
The Police and APC officials in Kaduna State were yet to react to the incident as at the time filing the report.
Meanwhile, fleeing terrorists were reported to have encircled Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area, after migrating from neighbouring Zamfara state due to land and air bombardment by the Nigerian military.