Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped two women leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna State.
The victims were reportedly kidnapped along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway while returning home after attending the inauguration of Governor Uba Sani on Monday.
The chairman of Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union, BEPU, Ishaq Usman, told Daily Trust on Wednesday that the incident occurred around the Manini area on the highway.
According to him, the bandits blocked the road and kidnapped the victims along with other travellers on Tuesday.
The women politicians were identified as Birnin Gwari APC women leader, Lami Awarware, and her assistant, Haulatu Aliyu.
The abductors have yet to contact the families of the victims.
The state government and security agencies have also not issued a statement on the incident.
The police public relations officer, PPRO, in the state, Mohammed Jalige, said he had yet to get details of the incident.
