Barr. Muhammed Abubakar Opu, the Secretary of the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission, NASIEC, has been kidnapped by gunmen suspected of being kidnappers.
Okpu was reportedly kidnapped in the state’s Lafia Local Government Area on Tuesday night, August 24.
The gunmen invaded the house of the NASIEC Secretary, located at Bakin Rijiya Village, along Lafia-Shendam Road, around 11.45 p.m. on Tuesday night, August 24.
The State Police Command spokesperson ASP Ramhan Nansel said that he was whisked away to an unknown location in a statement made available to newsmen.
“On 25/8/2021 at about 0145hrs, a complaint was lodged at C Division, Lafia that, on 24/8/2021 at about 2345hrs, unknown gunmen numbering about five stormed the residence of the NASIEC Secretary located at Bakin Rijiya Village and kidnapped him,” the statement read.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi, immediately led a detachment of Police personnel from the Command’s Anti Kidnapping unit, Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit, and other tactical units to the scene where he is suspected of being held captive by his abductors after receiving the information, according to the PPRO.
According to ASP Nansel, the State Criminal Investigation Department’s Deputy Commissioner of Police has been asked to conduct a complete investigation into the matter in order to save the victim and apprehend the culprits.
NOTICE: For Any Broken Link, kindly use the Comment session box to report and it will be resolve shortly
