Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Major General Mahrazu Tsiga (retired).
Tsiga, was kidnapped alongside several other residents of Tsiga village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State.
A resident of the area confirmed the incident to Channels Television in a telephone call on Thursday.
He said, the abduction occurred on Wednesday after the hoodlums armed with sophisticated weapons invaded the residence of the former NYSC Director General.