BREAKING: Gunmen abduct Miyetti Allah’s Chairman in Kogi
Miyetti Allahs Chairman Wakili Daminas abduction on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage was reported by the state Secretary of MACBAN, Mr Adamu Abubakar.
He stated that witnesses said that the about 8 abductors, came in a white bus at about 12 noon to “forcefully” take away the Chairman from his house at Chikara village, Kogi Local Government.
Abubakar made it known that he was informed of the incident an hour later by the younger brother of Damina who claimed he witnessed the incident. The secretary said he immediately called the Chairmans number but it rang out.
He said that Damina’s number was switched off when he repeated the call about an hour later.
“Since then, his lines are not reachable and all efforts to know his whereabouts proved abortive,” he said.
However, Abunakar immediately informed the state Commissioner of police of the improvement, adding that the state government was also informed through the Special Adviser on security matters to the governor, Mr Jerry Omodara.
The Secretary said that he and some members of the association vwent to check Damina at the Nigeria Police Force headquarters, Abuja, but he wasn’t.
He added that a search party brought up by MACBAN had visited other places, including abattoirs in and around Abuja to no avail.
The state Commissioner of police, Mr Ede Ayuba, when contacted, stated that the whereabouts of the Chairman hasn’t been located .
Ayuba said efforts to get comprehensive knowledge of the incident from the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area where the incident happened was unsuccessful as the matter was not officially recounted to him.
