Fulani leader abducted after attending security meeting in Kaduna community

Bandits have again abducted a Fulani leader, Alhaji Aliyu Abdullahi, in Maganda village near Kagarko town in Kaduna State.

The leader, who is popularly known as Ardon Maganda, was reportedly abducted around 6:12pm on Monday, December 26, while on a motorcycle from Janjala village going back to neighbouring Maganda village.

It was gathered that the victim, who is the leader of Fulani in Kagarko, went to attend a meeting with other village chiefs under Kagarko LGA over recent attacks by bandits in some communities in the area when he was abducted. 

A source from Janjala community, simply identified as Ishaq, said, “This morning (Tuesday), someone from Maganda who was coming to Janjala saw Ardo’s motorcycle abandoned by the roadside and suspected that he has been kidnapped,”  he said.

He said the victim earlier visited families of some of his kinsmen that were abducted last Wednesday, at a camp near Janjala before he proceeded to attend a meeting in Janjala village.