Gunmen have reportedly abducted about 12 police officers attached to the Borno State Police Command along the Katsina-Zamfara axis.
Security sources told BBC Hausa Service that the officers, who are Assistant Superintendents of Police, (ASPs), were travelling to the north-western States on an official assignment when the incident occurred.
The sources said the officers went missing between Katsina and Zamfara, before reaching their destination, adding that one of the officers who managed to escape from captivity reported the incident.
The wife of one of the police officers who spoke with newsmen said that her husband contacted her asking her to sell off his house to raise N1million allegedly for a ransom.
The Borno State Police Command has directed BBCs inquiry to the commands where the incident was believed to have happened.
