Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the early hours of Wednesday abducted the Member Representing Nguroje State Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Bashir Mohammed.
An aide to the lawmaker told our correspondent on the phone that Mohammed was kidnapped around 1 am in his house in Jalingo, the state capital.
According to the aide who preferred anonymity, Mohammed alerted the security operatives on noticing suspicious movements around his house but they arrived late.
“They invaded the house around 12 am and he (Mohammed) called the police immediately on sensing danger but it took the police over an hour to arrive.
“The gunmen, who shot sporadically, operated in the area for over an hour before taking him to custody at about 1 am,” the aide said.
Police Public Relations Officer, DSP David Misal, did not pick calls made to his line as of the time of filing this report.
GIOTV reports that Mohammed is the Chairman of, House Committee on Information in the state.
This is not the first time a member of the State House of Assembly will be kidnapped in Taraba State. Hosea Ibi representing Takum 1 constituency was kidnapped and subsequently killed by his abductors in 2017.