A police patrol vehicle was set ablaze following a bandit attack in Minjibir local government area of Kano State.
A resident of the area, Bala Sani told Channels Television that the gunmen arrived the town around 12:45am, shooting sporadically around Masaka area of the town before abducting a businessman, Abdullahi Kalos.
It was further learnt that the bandits stationed their men at all the junctions in the town and engaged the police in a gun battle around 4:30 am.
Kano police spokesperson, DSP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the incident and also revealed that they are currently in pursuit of the bandits to rescue the victims.