Gunmen raid home of FUGUS ASUU chairman Adamu, six abducted

Gunmen have raided the home of Mr Abdurrahman Adamu, ASUU Chairman of the Federal University Gusau (FUGUS).

Five relations of the academic were kidnapped during the attack early today in Damba Quarters, in the outskirt of Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.

The kidnappers also abducted a neighbour, who is a staff in the bursary department of the university.

A staff of the institution and close relative of the ASUU leader told Channels Television that gunmen missed the ASUU chairman as he did not sleep in the house on Tuesday night.

Those abducted in the ASUU chairman’s house include his younger brother, a niece, a nephew, and two of his wives’ younger sisters.

“Five of them and one Abbas Umar who is his neighbour and also a staff of Bursary Department, Federal University Gusau,” the source disclosed.