Bandits kill Union Bank staff, abduct another in Zamfara

 

By: Zagazola Makama 

 

Armed bandits on Sunday killed a staff member of Union Bank and abducted another along the Gusau–Funtua highway in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

 

Zagazola Makama gathered that the  incident occurred at about 2:40 p.m. at Kucheri village when the bandits opened fire on a GAC SUG vehicle with registration number BDG 251 HZ, which was in motion.

 

Sources confirmed that the vehicle was conveying two bank staff identified as Zakari Leo, the regional manager of Union Bank Plc, and Muhammad Sani Suleman, both attached to the Yakubu Gowon Way branch of the bank in Kaduna State.

 

A team of security forces were swiftly mobilized to the scene. The surrounding bushes were combed, and Mr Leo was found alive, while Mr Suleman, who sustained gunshot injuries, was rushed to the General Hospital in Tsafe.

 

He was later referred to the Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau but died before reaching the facility.

 

Sources said that the deceased’s body had been released to the management of Union Bank Plc, Gusau branch, for burial.

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