Rustlers abduct 9 women in Kano

– Chairman of the pan Fulani Development Association raises alarm over spate of abduction of their women by suspected cattle rustlers in the state

– Attributes the rising wave of kidnapping to the amnesty granted by the Kano state governor to the repented rustlers 

Chairman of the pan Fulani Development Association, (FULDAN) Sunusi Ahmed has cried to the concerned authorities to come to the rescue of Fulani men at Doguwa and Tudun Wada local government areas of Kano state over the spate of abduction of their women by suspected cattle rustlers in the state.

Sunusi Ahmed who spoke with Naij.com on Monday evening, March 7, said that reports reaching him indicated that on Sunday night alone, some villages were attacked by armed men believed to be rustlers who made away with 9 women and demanding heavy sums before their release.

He attributed the rising wave of kidnapping of wealthy Fulani men and abduction of their families to the amnesty granted by the Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to the repented rustlers without taking measures aimed at preventing the victims from suffering further attacks.

He lamented that since the of the amnesty, the people living at border towns of Sumaila, Doguwa, Tudun Wada and other hot spots, have become the target of the suspected rustlers who now rob them in broad day light without any hindrance, and therefore appealed to the state commissioner of police and the Emir of Kano to come to their rescue.

Sunusi Ahmed said that FULDAN is exploring other avenues available to them to secure the release of the 9 women abducted on Sunday but said that the path leading to the Falgore forest is a dangerous haven of the rustlers and reiterated his appeal to security agencies to step up their efforts towards rescuing them.