Crime
Gunmen attack journalist, abduct wife, three other women in Nasarawa
Some unknown gunmen on Wednesday attacked Suleiman Abubakar, the Chairman of Correspondents’ chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Nasarawa state and abducted his wife, Yahanasu Abubakar.
Suleiman said the incident happened at about 7 p.m. along Gudi-Garaku road in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state.
According to Suleiman, the gunmen shot at the union bus they were travelling in from Keffi, where his wife went to register at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp.
He said the bus ran into a ditch after being shot at while the gunmen swooped on them, took his wife, the wife of a former state assembly member, who they gave a lift as well as two other women from another vehicle during the attack.
Meanwhile the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Samaila Usman, said the command had mobilised officers to the area to search and rescue the abducted women.
NAN
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