Posted by Amarachi on Mon 18th Nov, 2024 - tori.ng
The victim, Alhaji Saleh Adamu, alongside his wife and two children, were whisked away by bandits who invaded his house in the community.
A vigilante member has been killed by bandit who also abducted four family members in Kasangwai, Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
A community leader who confirmed the incident to Daily Trust said contact was established with the abductors on Saturday, November 16, around 5:12pm and they were demanding N30 million ransom.
He said the incident it happened last Thursday, around 10:43pm.
He said the victim, whose name he gave as Alhaji Saleh Adamu, alongside his wife and two children, were whisked away by bandits who invaded his house in the community.
He said Alhaji Adamu, who is into cattle business had just returned from the SCC village market in Kachia LGA, when the bandits, wielding AK-47 rifles and in their numbers, raided his house.
According to him, some vigilantes upon hearing the sporadic gunshots, quickly engaged the bandits in order to foil the abduction but were overpowered, leading to the death of one of their members.