Gunmen, who recently abducted the winner of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition, Abdulsalam Rabi’u are demanding for the sum of N30m ransom as condition for his release.
DAILY POST recalls that the criminal elements had on Tuesday kidnapped Rabi’u along with his father and brothers near Labin Bangori in Katsina State.
Rabi’u, an indigent of Katsina State and a medical student at Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria emerged winner of the competition, Hizb 60 with Tajweed, earlier held in Kebbi State.
He was kidnapped after Governor Dikko Umar Radda invited him and his father to the Government House for a special recognition ceremony.
The gunmen reportedly picked Rabi’u alongside his father and other members of his family while returning home after the ceremony.
The Katsina State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Bala Salisu-Zango in an interview on Saturday confirmed that the abductors had demanded N30m ransom.
According to him, the governor, who was deeply concerned about the ugly situation, is making all efforts to ensure the release of the victims.
