Ahead of the forthcoming general election, many Nigerians have been thrown into fear following the spate of kidnapping in the country between Thursday night and yesterday evening.
• Catholic Catechist Whisked In Kaduna• Imo Council Chairman Shot, Abducted With Two Friends, Residence RazedReports gathered by The Guardian from across the country indicated that no fewer than 19 persons were kidnapped in the last 24 hours, with relatives of the victims and residents of the communities where the incidents took place crying out to the security agencies for help.
The state Police Public Relation Officer, Nasarawa State Command, DSP Rahman Nansel who confirmed the incident, disclosed that a joint security team comprising the police, military and vigilante had been mobilised and were on the trail of the abductors. He said: “We have not been going to bed with our two eyes closed in this local council. We want the government to come to our aid, by deploying more security men to this place. This has become necessary.”
The Guardian gathered that the gunmen picked the Catechist when they could not get his boss, Rev. Fr. Joseph Shekari, who was not in when his residence was attacked. “They came again to take him. Luckily, he wasn’t in. This is really a dark period for us,” she said. Recall that gunmen kidnapped Shekari in February 2022. During the February attack, his cook, Sati Musa, was shot dead by the gunmen while trying to protect his master.
The chairman was kidnapped in the wee hours of yesterday at his residence in Imoko community in Arondizuogu of the Council area. The gunmen, who shot the council chairman first on the leg, bundled him into a waiting car before setting his house ablaze. When contacted, the new spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, said he would verify and get back. “I am on it,” he said. His Royal Highness, Agwom Izere of Jos East Local Council of Plateau State, Dr. Isaac Wakili, was also kidnapped last Thursday night in his palace, but was lucky as the police rescued him in good time.
Alabo later issued another short statement saying that the kidnapped traditional ruler has been rescued and two kidnap suspects arrested while investigation was ongoing. He explained that the suspected herdsmen came from the bush, killing three persons while others were still being held captive. Egua, who said he was the commander in-charge of Agor Emokpae environs under the Edo State Security Network, added that the abductors have contacted the victims’ families and demanded N20 million ransom.
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