A former Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic, Dr. Ramatu Abarshi, and her daughter, Ameera, have reportedly being abducted near Kasuwan Magani, in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
It was gathered that the mother and daughter, together with a commercial driver conveying them, were attacked after distributing clothes and other items to the less privileged for the Eid-el- Fitr celebration.
“They were coming back to Kaduna when the incident happened on Friday,” a source said.
The source added, “They were abducted near Kasuwan Magani in Kajuru LGA, some few kilometres away from the metropolis after they successfully distributed some relief materials to the less privileged at Tilde Kargiji in Lere LGA of the state.”
Abarshi, who was said to be the widow of late Air Commodore Abarshi, had executed many Engineering and Entrepreneurship projects on behalf of Kaduna Polytechnic, among them was Women Empowerment Programme in Katare, Mararabanrido, Kachia, VVF Patients in Kano, Train the Trainer programmes, Skill acquisition programmes for youth.
She is also the chairperson of Kaduna-based Barkindo Rahama Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, executing skill acquisition programmes for women, youths, and the physically challenged in the society.
Meanwhile, a family source said the bandits had reached out to the family and that they are demanding N100m as a ransom for their release.
As at the time of filing this report, there is no official reaction yet to the abduction.
Ramatu Aliyu Abarshi holds a PhD, an M.Phil and Masters degrees in Entrepreneurship and Electrical Engineering from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Kenya and Bayero University Kano respectively. She was earlier trained at Plateau State and Kaduna Polytechnic for ND and HND respectively in the same bias, she also obtained a Post-HND [Electronics and Telecommunication] and Post Graduate Diploma in Education from the Kaduna Polytechnic.
