A former councillor of Tudun Wada ward in the Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Babangida Damba has narrated how his wife and seven-month-old son were kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be bandits.
According to Damba, the gunmen invaded his residence in the Damba area of Gusau town around 12.20 am on Tuesday, wielding AK-47 rifles.
He added that he called the police immediately the attack started but they didn’t respond until around 3 am when the gunmen had left with his wife and son.
He said, “The gunmen who were four in number came into my house around 12.20 am and started shooting. They tried to gain entry into my parlour but did not succeed. They then asked me to open the door and I refused.”
The politician disclosed that they shot at his doors and windows in a bid to gain entry into his parlour, adding that a stray bullet hit him in the arm and got him wounded.
Damba stated that when they failed to break into his parlour, they moved to another room where his wife and his son were staying, kidnapped them, and left without taking anything.
“When they realised that I was not ready to cooperate with them, they moved to the other room and kidnapped my 26-year-old wife, Hassana Abubakar, and my seven-month-old son, Ibrahim,” he said.
