Unidentified gunmen on Sunday raided the home of former Chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Team on Pension Reform, Abdularasheed Maina in Kaduna state. According to Punch, residents of Kano Street, Kawo New Extension, Kaduna where the house is located, said some of the gunmen came in military uniform, while others were in mufti. The armed men according to the report were allegedly said to be in search of cash and ammunition in the house.
Spokesman for the Kaduna State Police Command, ASP Aliyu Mukhtar, who confirmed the incident, noted that the command got a report from the Divisional Police Office in Kawo regarding the raid.
“We got a report from the DPO Kawo of Police Station regarding the raid on Maina’s house. But we are yet to confirm whether they are really officials of the EFCC. Investigation is ongoing.”
The guard detailed to man the house, Imrana Ahmadu was quoted as saying he was handcuffed by the armed men and forced to take them round the house.
“They came in military uniforms and Hilux van with another small car after they had forced the gate open around 8pm. They handcuffed me and started forcing doors open to the bedrooms. They turned everything upside down. They were communicating with somebody somewhere in Hausa, directing them to one room or the other where to find cash. They must have been disappointed because at the end, they found nothing, neither cash nor arms as they claimed.
They now drove away with me and dumped me in the bush along Mando Road close to the Kaduna International Airport. They said I should go to any police station so that the police can unlock the handcuff on my hand. I hid my handcuffed hand in my shirt, so that nobody could suspect me and that was how I got a commercial motorbike that took me to the Kawo Police Station where the handcuff was unlocked.”
