Tsiga, was kidnapped alongside several other residents of Tsiga village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State.
A resident in the area who confided in Channels Television confirmed the incident in a telephone call on Thursday.
He said, the incident, occurred on Wednesday after the hoodlums armed with sophisticated weapons invaded the residence of the former NYSC Director General.
Although the state government officials and the police are yet to issue a statement, eyewitnesses said the former NYSC DG was among those kidnapped by the assailants.
He said that during the attack which lasted for a few minutes, two residents were wounded and one of the hoodlums died after being mistakenly shot by his colleagues.
Katsina is one of several states in the North-Western and North-Central that is terrorised by bandits who raid villages, kill and abduct residents as well as burn and loot homes.
The gangs, who maintain camps in a huge forest straddling Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna and Niger states, have earned notoriety for mass kidnappings of students from schools in recent years.
In 2023, Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umar Radda, established Katsina Community Watch Corps (KCWC) comprising around 2,000 vigilantes to assist the military and police in fighting the gangs.
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