The Zamfara State Government has confirmed the kidnap of its Director of Budget Hamza Salihu.
The confirmation was made in a statement by the Director-General, Press Affairs to the state Governor, Yusuf Idris in Gusau.
The statement described as terrible and disturbing the abduction of the state’s Director of Budget along with two other persons near Kachia in Kaduna State while on their way to Akwanga in Nasarawa State on an official trip.
The Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalli expressed sadness in the killing of one of the passengers on board, Kabiru Ismail, the Deputy Director of Budge in the state, who was murdered by the gunmen.
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Similarly, a lady passenger in the vehicle was said to have been shot in the leg and abandoned.
Meanwhile, Matawalle vowed to liase with his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai, and all security agencies to trace the perpetrators, bring them to book and rescue the victims.
