Hajia Laure Mai Kunu, the mother of All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Kano Central, Abdulsalam Abdulkarim Zaura, has been kidnapped by gunmen in Kano.
Kunu was said to have been whisked away from her residence in Zaura village in Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State in the early hours of Monday.
The chairman of the LGA, Engr Abdullahi Garba Ramat, confirmed the abduction, saying security operatives in the area briefed him on the incident.
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He took to his official Facebook page to announce the abduction saying: “Innalillahi wa inna’ilaihirraj’un, we just woke up to a sad news that: unknown gunmen stormed Ungogo LGA early this morning and whisked the mother of AA ZAURA away to an unknown destination. Allah ka kubutar mana da Baba Laure.”
Kano and Jigawa states remain the only states with a few cases of abduction in North West geopolitical zone of the country where arm banditry and abductions have been prevalent.
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