BREAKING: Bandits kidnap ex-NYSC DG, others in Katsina | READ DETAILS
A former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC, Brigadier. Gen. Maharazu Tsiga (retd.), has been kidnapped by bandits in Tsiga village, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State.
According to an anonymous source, the bandits on Wednesday, at about 11;30pm stormed Tsiga’s residence, shot three members of the community, including the two sons of Tsiga’s neighbour before abducting him and nine others.
The source said those who sustained injuries during the attack were receiving treatment at the Comprehensive Healthcare Centre in the community, “but we are planning to transfer them to Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, due to the gravity of their injuries”.
He said: “During the attack, General Muharazu Ibrahim Tsiga pleaded to give them all what they wanted, but the bandits declined his request and kidnapped him. They abducted nine other residents of the community.”
When asked about Tsiga’s family, the source said: “You know his family are not here with him. Only some of his relatives and personal security guards were with him during the attack, but the bandits kidnapped only him in the residence.”
Tsiga, according to family sources, has been battling with undisclosed illness since he left office.
