311 SHARES Share Tweet [mc4wp_form id=33047]Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted Ambassador Bashir Isa Gusau, the North-West Youth Leader of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation in Zamfara State, in a fresh security breach in Gusau, the state capital. A security monitoring platform, Bakatsine, confirmed the abduction on Thursday, noting that security agencies were alerted shortly after the attackers carried out the operation. The assailants were said to have arrived in significant numbers, overwhelming the area before escaping with the victim to an undisclosed location, raising fresh concerns over safety in the state capital. Zamfara State has remained one of the flashpoints of banditry in the North-West, grappling with frequent kidnappings, armed attacks and violent incursions on communities despite ongoing security operations. Several local government areas in the state and neighbouring communities have witnessed repeated attacks by armed groups, with political figures, traditional rulers and residents increasingly targeted in kidnapping-for-ransom incidents, deepening fears over the evolving security situation.