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The Command’s spokesman, El-Mustapha Sani, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Monday that the two men were kidnapped at Giyawa, Goronyo Local Government Area of the state.
The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of two businessmen – Labbo Giyawa and Murtala Dantata – by some unknown gunmen.
The Command’s spokesman, El-Mustapha Sani, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Monday that the two men were kidnapped at Giyawa, Goronyo Local Government Area of the state.
Sani said: ”I can confirm the abduction of the two businessmen on Sunday night, at around 10 p.m.
”They were seized by some gun-wielding men, while they were reportedly sleeping in the frontage of their various houses.
”They were said to have been taken to an unknown destination, but the police is suspecting that they were being held captive in the nearby Gundumi Forest.”
He, however, said that the kidnappers were yet to establish communication with either their families or the police.
Sani said that the command had taken
