A Syrian national, Abul
Nasir, working with Triacta Construction Company was on Wednesday kidnapped by
unknown gunmen in Sokoto State.
The bandits were reported
to have killed three policemen attached to the expatriate.
According to Cordelia
Nwawe, Sokoto State Command’s Public Relations Officer, the incident occurred
about 7:20a.m at the company’s quarry site at Lambar Mazaru village in Bodinga
Local Government Area.
She said the police had
commenced investigation into the issue with a view to releasing the abducted
Syrian national and arresting the culprits.
The company’s security men
guarding the quarry said four hoodlums, who drove in a car with tinted glasses,
attacked the place.
They said the gunmen opened
fire on the policemen immediately they arrived the quarry.
They said the kidnapped
expatriate was the manager of the site.
A source said the bodies of
the affected policemen have since been removed and deposited in a mortuary at
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.
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