Nigeria, July 25 -- Residents of Bungudu Local Government Area in Zamfara State were left in mourning on Friday night after suspected bandits killed four security personnel and abducted the council chairman.

Residents told PREMIUM TIMES that the incident occurred around 11:40 p.m. when the council chairman, Nura Abdullahi, was abducted from Bungudu town alongside two other residents.

Jamilu Bungudu, a media aide to the federal lawmaker representing the Bungudu/Maru Constituency, Abdulmalik Zubairu, stated that the assailants invaded the chairman's official residence. They abducted Mr Abdullahi alongside Halliru Soja, a staff member of the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau, and Hussaini Naira, a POS operator.

Mr Bungudu said that during the...