Abducted Bauchi Principal Regains Freedom
By Onwuka Gerald
The abducted Principal of Government Day Secondary School, Lere in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Iliyasu Suleiman, has regained freedom after spending eight days with kidnappers.
Recall that the principal accompanied by the Auditor General of Bauchi State, Abdu Usman Aliyu, his (the AG’s) son, daughter and two others, were attacked by gunmen on their way to Kardam in Tafawa Balewa LGA.
The armed men tried kidnapping the Auditor General, on resisting, they shot him in his mouth at close range wounding him in the process.
Thinking he was dead, the gunmen left him in a pool of his blood and abducted his son and the Principal while the other occupants of the car escaped.
After spending eight days with his abductors, Iliyasu Suleiman, the kidnapped Principal of Government Day Secondary School, Lere in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State has been released.
The 50-year-old principal was on his way to Kardam in Tafawa Balewa LGA together with the Auditor General of Bauchi State, Abdu Usman Aliyu, his (the AG’s) son, daughter and two others when they were attacked by gunmen who had been trailing them.
The Author General was reportedly shot in his mouth at close range after resisting to be kidnaped and was left in the pool of his blood.
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Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that two people, 25-year-old Zulkifiru Mohammed, the son of the Auditor General of Bauchi State, Abdu Usman Aliyu, and one 50-year-old Iliyasu Suleiman, Aliyu’s friend have been kidnapped by gunmen.
The Command PPRO, DSP Ahmed Wakili while confirming the incident to Nigerian Tribune via a telephone late Sunday evening, said that the two were kidnapped when the attempt to kidnap the Auditor General of Bauchi State, Alhaji Abdu Usman Aliyu on Saturday evening failed.
He explained that the incident occurred on Saturday evening on Aliyu’s way to Kardam village in Tafawa Balewa LGA because according to him, “Abdu Usman Aliyu normally goes to the village every weekend to see his family and friends but lives in Bauchi.”
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