A police officer and two civilians, a woman and a man, were among the three people who were allegedly kidnapped on Tuesday along the Naka-Makurdi route.
The abducted individuals were allegedly on their way home after a funeral service when they were attacked by the abductors, who then took them away.
According to reports, the kidnappers made touch with the victims’ relatives and demanded N1.7 million.
According to information, the incident took place near Ahume along the Naka-Makurdi route at 4 o’clock.
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The incident was reported to journalists on Wednesday by the chairman of Gwer West Local Government Area, Andrew Ayande, who also noted that the neighborhood is infamous for crime.
Ayande informed further, “This incident happened yesterday (Tuesday), you know we lost one prominent person around the place a day before yesterday (Monday) and they took the corpse home yesterday (Tuesday). The people (hoodlums) came as usual as they have been doing and they attacked the people in one of the vehicles.
“A policeman and two others were kidnapped around Ahume at about 4:00 pm, the vehicle the victims were riding in has been taken to Naka police station,” the LGA chairman added.
When asked if the abductors had open contact with relatives of the victims, Ayande who answered in affirmative confirmed that, “The abductors were demanding N200,000 from the police family, N1 million from the woman and they also demanded N500,000 from the other victim.
When contacted, the State Command spokesperson, Catherine Anene said she had yet to receive the report.
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