Dr. Bako – The Commerce Africa https://thecommerceafrica.com African Reneissance Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:02:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 Gunmen Abduct ABU Physiology Professor, Wife, Daughter from Staff Quarters https://thecommerceafrica.com/gunmen-abduct-abu-physiology-professor-wife-daughter-from-staff-quarters/ https://thecommerceafrica.com/gunmen-abduct-abu-physiology-professor-wife-daughter-from-staff-quarters/#respond Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:02:51 +0000 http://thecommerceafrica.com/?p=2753 Unknown gunmen last night stormed the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria’s staff quarters and whisked away a professor at the Department of Physiology simply identified as Dr. Bako.

Confirming the incident, the university’s Director of Public Affairs, Auwalu Umar, in a statement on Monday, the gunmen invaded the residence of the professor at about 12:50am.
According to the statement, the gunmen whisked the lecturer away, including his wife and daughter.

The statement read: “The University Division quickly informed the operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team that advanced to the scene, following a distress call.

“There was an exchange of fire between the kidnappers and the mobile police operatives. When it was clear that they would be overpowered, the kidnappers ran into the bush along with the victims.

“As the police went after them up to Sasuwar Da’a village bordering the University, the kidnappers then released the wife and the daughter and went away with the husband. Some empty shells were recovered from the scene.”

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