Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Friday said he was ‘shocked and devastated’ over the abduction of a state lawmaker, Sani Yakubu, by unknown persons. Yakubu, member representing Gudu Constituency in the State Assembly, was said to have been kidnapped along with one other person. The News Agency Agency of Nigeria reports that the lawmaker was kidnapped early hours of Friday along Kware-Gudu road. Tambuwal charged security agencies to rescue the captives and arrest the perpetrators. NAN gathered that the kidnapped lawmaker was travelling to his home town Gudu from Sokoto metropolis when he was kidnapped.

Source: Punch February 08, 2019 16:30 UTC