Gunmen have kidnaped an Igbo businessman identified as Emmanuel Eze at Kore town in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano state.
The hoodlums were said to have stormed the town around 10:30pm on Thursday.
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It was gathered that a young man sustained bullet wounds on the ear during the operation which lasted over an hour.
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Eye witness said the bandits who arrived the town in large number shot sporadically in the air before whisking away their victim.
“The bandits stormed the town around 10:30pm and began to shot in the air in order to scare people around before taking away the man,” he said.
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The Kano Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna who confirmed the incident on Friday, said the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sama’ila Dikko had already despatched a team of Policemen to comb the area with a view to rescuing the kidnapped business man.
“Yes, bandits kidnapped Emmanuel Eze in his Provision Store at Kore in Danbatta Local Government Area. Teams of Policemen mobilized for possible rescue and arrest of culprits,” he said.
