May 25, 2026
According to security expert Bakatsine, the student was reportedly kidnapped on Sunday, May 17, 2026, while travelling between Charanchi and Dutsin-Ma.
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted Auwal Mas’ud Shitu, a 300-level student of Pure and Industrial Chemistry at Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University in Katsina State, northern Nigeria.
According to security expert Bakatsine, the student was reportedly kidnapped on Sunday, May 17, 2026, while travelling between Charanchi and Dutsin-Ma.
The security expert revealed that the abductors have reached out to the victim’s family, demanding a ransom of ₦20 million, a sum the relatives are reportedly unable to afford.
