Terrorists Abduct Ex-NBC Director And Daughter

Terrorists have abducted a former Zonal Director of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ahmed Abdulkadir.

Gatekeepers News reports that terrorists have abducted a former Zonal Director of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ahmed Abdulkadir, on Monday night in Bakori, Katsina State, North-West Nigeria.

Abdulkadir was the General Manager of the Katsina State Television Authority before he joined the service of NBC, where he served as Head of Public Affairs and later zonal director in both Maiduguri and Sokoto zones.

His daughter, 15-year old Laila Ahmad, and three others in the quarters were also abducted.

Abdulkadir lives in Katsina, was in Bakori to see his second wife. He mostly spends the weekend with the family in Bakori.

Nasif Ahmed, the broadcaster’s son, confirmed the abduction in a terse statement.

“Innalillahi wa’inna ilaihi raji’un. My father and my step sister Laila Ahmed, 15 years, have just been kidnapped by bandits in his house in Bakori,” Mr Ahmed said.