Retired Major General Rabe Abubakar is dead. He died while being held hostage by bandits who kidnapped him in Katsina State.
The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security, Dr. Nasir Mu’azu Danmusa, broke the news on Saturday.
“Security authorities had received information indicating that the retired military officer was killed by his abductors,” Danmusa said.
However, the commissioner added that security operatives haven’t found his body yet. They are still actively searching the area to locate his remains.
Gunmen ambushed the retired general and his wife back on May 30. The couple was driving through the Matazu area when the bandits snatched them.
The kidnapping triggered massive worry across the country. Before this bad news broke, both the government and the army truly believed they would find a way to rescue him alive.
