Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. A Zimbabwean national was allegedly abducted by bandits at a farm in Anchau town of Kubau local government area of Kaduna State, Nigeria, at the weekend.
A report by a Nigerian publication, Leadership, claims that bandits in large numbers invaded the farm, killed a soldier and abducted two officials of the farm.
One of the officials abducted in the incident is believed to be a Zimbabwean national while the other is a Nigerian.
Leadership reported a source as saying the bandits invaded the company around 1:30 pm on Wednesday.
A vigilante member working in the community identified the Zimbabwean as Charles Choko. He said:
The bandits attacked and killed a soldier working on the farm and also kidnapped one Mr Charles Choko from Zimbabwe and one Yusuf Aliyu Bello from Kano state.
A local who requested anonymity disclosed that he saw a team of security agencies on Friday going into the nearby bush in search of the abducted victims.
However, the chairman of the local government, Basher Suleiman Zuntu, and Kaduna State police spokesman, DSP Muhammed Jalige, were not immediately available for comment when they were contacted by the publication.
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