Police Confirms Abduction of Former NFF Secretary, Two others

From Ahmad SAKA, Bauchi

CP UMAR M. SANDA
Bauchi State Commissioner of Police

The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Sani Ahmed Toro, Former Assistant Coach of Super Eagles Garba Yila and Alhaji Isah Jah. 

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, while confirming the abduction today in Bauchi, said he is not privy to the full details of the incident as it happened outside his state.

It was reported that last night, Toro, Garba Yila and Alhaji Isah Jah were kidnapped on their way from Abuja to Bauchi after they attended the wedding ceremony of the son of former NFF President Aminu Maigari. 

Relative of the victims the District Head of Lame Sarkin Yakin Bauchi Alhaji Ali Yakubu Lame said, "we are related with all the victims and we are shocked when we received, the news over the abduction of the three sons of Bauchi State." 

Alhaji said initially they were five in the vehicles, the abductors took three and left two, they shot one Tijjani on his hand and they left him in full blood. They also didn't picked Alhaji Mijinyawa because he is ill he can't walk properly, but they took Sani Yeriman Toro, Garba Yila and Alhaji Isah Jah, all of them from Bauchi State.

The District Head said they now returns to Almighty Allah, praying to enable them regain their freedom. 

He however appeals to the public to continue to pray for peace and stability in the country, and advised people to support the security agencies with useful information that will lead to the arrest of the criminals. 

Alhaji lamented that no one is safe in Nigeria today and appealed to the Federal Government to do all it can to stop this dastardly act of lawlessness going on in different part of the country. 

The former Secretary NFF Sani Ahmed Toro and Former Assistant Coach Coach of Super Eagles Garba Yila were kidnapped on their way home from Abuja after attending the wedding ceremony of the son of former NFF President AMINU Maigari which took place last Saturday in Abuja.