Gunmen kill 2 vigilantes, abduct new couple, several others in Katsina
TWO vigilantes were, killed and several residents including a newly wedded couple abducted by suspected terrorists from Shola Quarters in Katsina metropolis. Shola Quarters is located behind the former Katsina Federal Medical Centre now Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University Teaching Hospital. A source disclosed that the assailants stormed the area around 1:00 a.m and operated till about 2:30 a.m unhindered before the vigilantes came to the rescue of the residents, but they lost two of their members after being overpowered by the bandits in a gun battle that forced them to retreat. Concerning the newly married couple, Vanguard learned from one of their cousins, Usman Masanawa, that the husband, Yusuf Bishir, notified him of their predicament but there was nothing much he could do. Masanawa said the hoodlums in the bid to gain access to the new couple’s apartment had to smash the wall of their building. He said apart from the killed vigilante members, scores of residents were also kidnapped, wh...