The Katsina State police on Thursday confirmed the abduction of Salisu Ali, a People’s Democratic Party stalwart in the state.

The party’s former youth leader, Ali was abducted in his village, Sukuntuni, Kankia Local Government Area of the state as residents reported that gunmen numbering six abducted him on Wednesday night.

The gunmen had arrived in the village on motorcycles and Ali’s whereabouts were yet to be known as of Thursday evening while the abductors were yet to contact the family.

The spokesman for the Katsina police command, SP Gambo Isah, when contacted said, “It is true. I called the DPO for the area and he confirmed it. We are making efforts to rescue him.”

Recall that gunmen had earlier in the week abducted four victims in the state, among whom is Hajiya Asiya Dangiwa, a sister to the current Managing Director of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria,  Architect Ahmed Musa Dangiwa.

While  Hajiya Dangiwa was kidnapped in the early hours of Wednesday from her house in Kankia town, gunmen in separate operations early Monday morning, kidnapped a staff of the state Primary Health care Agency, Alhaji Aminu Shaaibu, from his house in Mairuwa town, Faskari Local Government Area of the state.

The gunmen were also alleged to have wounded a man and kidnapped two children of Alhaji Rabiu Maibulawus in Dandume Local Government Area of the state.