Bandits on Monday night abducted a veteran photojournalist, Umar Usman Iyale, in Danhonu II community, Millennium City, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State.
Iyale, a retired staff of Africa Independent Television (AIT), Kaduna Station, and a former Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) photojournalist, was kidnapped from his residence at about 9pm, according to community sources.
Residents said the gunmen carried out the operation quietly but in a coordinated manner, gaining access to the compound at a time when some members of the journalist’s family were yet to return home.
A source disclosed that the attackers demanded money from Iyale and that when he could not provide any, whisked him away.
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A community leader described the abduction as part of a recurring pattern of kidnapping in the area, noting that persistent attacks had forced many residents and landlords to abandon their homes.
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, told Daily Trust that the Commissioner of Police (CP), Rabiu Muhammad, had deployed a team of operatives to track the abductors and ensure Iyale’s safe release.
