Barely two days after Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku declared Taraba state safe, his Chief Press Secretary to Taraba State Governor, Hassan Mijinyawa, has been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen along Bali-Gashaka-Gembu highway in the early hours of Wednesday.
Punch reports that an expatriate whose country of origin is yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this report was also kidnapped.
Wife of the kidnapped CPS, Hajjiya Sekina Mijinyawa, who confirmed this development to journalists, said her husband left home for Gembu in Sardauna Local Government Area at about 7:00am, and was kidnapped thereafter.
One Yusuf Garba, who narrowly escaped the incident, said apart from the CPS and the government official that were abducted, an expatriate whom he said was on his way to one of the Internally Displaced Persons’ camp, was also kidnapped.
Garba, who narrated how the kidnappers took over the highway for several hours, said the CPS and the other victims were dispossessed of their belonging, before they were led away into the forest by their abductors.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. David Akinremi, also confirmed the incident, but said Police have been deployed to the area to commence search for the victims.
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