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The wife of the Jigawa State House of
Assembly Speaker was yesterday kidnapped at gun point in his country
home, Sarawa village, in Kafin Hausa local government, but was later
saved from the hands of kidnapers by good Samaritans.

Confirming the incidence yesterday,
Adamu Ahmad, the Speaker, said the kidnappers stormed his family house
and took his wife, Halima, away, but luck ran out of them as the
vehicle in which they were travelling got trapped on a muddy ground,
few kilometers away from the village.

Mr. Adamu said sensing danger, the
kidnapers, after making frantic efforts to get out of the car, decided
to abandon the vehicle and the kidnapped woman, and thereafter took to
their heels from the villagers who have been chasing them.

He said details of the incidence are still with the police, as the suspects were all apprehended and handed over to the police.

The Speaker commended the people of the
locality for not only daring the kidnapers and defying the sporadic gun
shots, but also for overpowering them.

Asked about the identity of the
suspects and whether it has political connotation, the Speaker said he
wouldn’t know their mission and where they came from.

“All I know, they are kidnappers and
with the support and help of the people from the area, they were
arrested and are now in police custody. I think the police are in
better position to give the details,” he said.

Eye witness account

An eye witness said that the kidnappers
were three in number and had gone to the village at about 11:00 in the
morning and headed straight to the family house of the Speaker and on
arrival, started to shoot in the air to scare everyone away.

“Initially, we were told that they
were armed robbers that took over the village and we were asked not to
go in, which we obliged. But minutes later, we were told that the
people have gone and they snatched away the wife of the Speaker of the
state Assembly,” said the eye witness.

This was the second case of kidnapping
in the state; the first was late last year when a father of a
politician and business man, Danladi Auyo, in Auyo local government of
the state was kidnapped.

Incidentally, Auyo and Kafin Hausa are neighbouring villages in Hadejia senatorial district of the state.

Abdul Jinjiri, the state police command spokesman, confirmed the incident but said that the details will be released later.