Gunmen
have abducted the Vice Chairman of Abaji Area Council of the FCT, Mohammed
Rizoma, and two other persons on the Lambata-Izom Road, near Suleja in Niger
State.
An
aide to the vice chairman confided in our reporter yesterday on telephone that
the two other persons abducted alongside the vice chairman were his son, Yakubu
Mohammed, and driver, Hussaini Peter.
The
aide said the incident happened at 8:47pm on Monday when they were returning
from Lambata village.
He
said the gunmen flagged down the official vehicle of the vice chairman and led
them into the bush
However,
he said the fourth person in the vehicle escaped and “ran to me that the vice
chairman, his son and his driver had been abducted.”
City
News gathered that police from the Lambata Division who were on patrol
discovered the vehicle and suspected that the occupants might have been
kidnapped and so they moved the vehicle to the police station.
City
News also learnt that the kidnappers established contact with a special
assistant to the Chairman of Abaji Area Council and negotiated for a ransom.
When
contacted, the Niger State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Mohammed Abubakar
Dan-Inna, said he was in a meeting and promised to call back.
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