Marauding gunmen have killed a soldier and kidnapped two farm officials –Zimbabwean farmer and a second farm officer in a farm in Anchau, Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
A native of the community local told journalists that “one of the civilians abducted is a Zimbabwean national while the other victim is a Nigerian.”
Security sources identified the murdered soldier as Staff-Sergeant Muhammad Sani. The bandits stormed the company around 1:30pm on Wednesday. A vigilante working in the community identified the Zimbabwean as Charles Choko.
“They attacked and killed a soldier working in the company’s farm and also kidnapped one Mr Charles Choko from Zimbabwe and one Yusuf Aliyu Bello from Kano state.”
“I saw a team of security agencies on Friday going into the nearby bush in search of the victims”, he said.
The Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO) of the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Mohammed Jalige said security agencies are on the trail of the bandits.
