Following the ambush of Bauchi State Auditor-General, Abdu Aliyu and his family by suspected kidnappers, his son, 25-years-old Zilkifiru Mohammed has returned home safely after escaping from the grasps of his abductors.
Mohammed, who was kidnapped on Saturday evening alongside his father’s friend, Iliyasu Suleiman, along Bauchi-Tafawa Balewa highway after the Auditor-General was shot in the face, reportedly escaped in the early hours of Sunday while the kidnappers were asleep.
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According to reports, a friend of the auditor-general’s son, who pleaded anonymity, said that Suleiman could not escape with Mohammed due of his old age and the beating he got from the gunmen in the process of the abduction.
He said the kidnapped victim found his way to a police station from where he quickly called his family to inform them of his location.
The Police PRO of Bauchi Command, DSP Ahmed Wakili, had earlier confirmed the incident, saying that the police is on the trail of the kidnappers, while also requesting the public to come forward with information that can help in the arrest of the kidnappers and release of their victim.
ControlTV gathered that the Auditor-General, who is currently fighting for his life at an undisclosed hospital, after sustaining serious injuries from bullet wounds, is said to undergo surgery as soon as possible.
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