Daily Trust· 3h ago· 1 min read
From Ismail Adebayo (Birnin Kebbi), Abdullahi A. Chakwa (Gusau) & Baba Martins (Abuja)
A Kebbi State High Court judge, Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza, has been abducted by gunmen at his residence along Zogirma Road in Bunza Local Government Area of the state.
The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Sunday, marks the second abduction of a serving judge in recent times.
A state high court judge, Justice Ebiyerin Umokoro, had been kidnapped in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State in June 2025. He was freed after 12 days in captivity.
Daily Trust gathered that the gunmen attacked Justice Bunza shortly after he returned from a trip to Sokoto.
“He had just returned from Sokoto when the gunmen stormed his residence and took him away,” a source said.
The source added that no one else in the house was injured, although the attackers fired several gunshots before leaving with the…
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