Alhaji Salihu Barade, the District Head of Wamakko in Sokoto State, who was recently kidnapped and released, has urged government to enhance security in the country.
Barade made the call in an interview with newsmen on Saturday in Wamakko, headquarters of Wamakko Local Government Area of the state.
It will be recalled that Barade was kidnapped on April 8 at his livestock farm in Wamakko at about 7pm by four gunmen.
Barade was, however, released by his abductors on April 10, near the farm of the Emir of Gummi in Zamfara State.
“There is the need for the improvement of security in Nigeria and not only around the traditional rulers,” he said.
Barade, who is also the younger brother of Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, expressed gratitude to God for securing his safe release.
He urged Nigerians to sustain fervent prayers for peace and unity in the country, describing his abduction as a fall-out of the “general insecurity in Nigeria”.
He added: “I cannot, however, tell you whether a ransom was paid or not as they seized all my telephone sets.
“I am, however, hale and hearty, but we were starving with my abductors as they took me to a forest.
“We had no food for two days and I could not pray as there was no water in the place they took me to.”
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