A brother to the Secretary to the Katsina State Government (SSG), Mustapha Inuwa has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits.

The brother identified as Kabir Muhammad Inuwa was kidnapped on Wednesday, September 1 at his farm in Daftau village, Danmusa LGA of Katsina.

“He is a step brother of the SSG; the same father but not the same mother. He was abducted on his farm. He is much older than the SSG and a retired police officer,“ a source told SaharaReporters on Friday.

Katsina, despite being the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, has witnessed sporadic attacks by bandits and kidnappers that have claimed the lives of many.

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Over 1000 people have been reportedly killed by the gunmen in Jibia, Kankara, Dutsinma, Musawa, Danmusa and Safana Local Government Areas of the state in the last five months.

Recently, some members of the State House of Assembly lawmakers shed tears for the Buhari-led government at a plenary while discussing the deterioration of insecurity under the present regime.