BREAKING: Gunmen Kidnap NASIEC Secretary In Nasarawa
Barr. Muhammed Abubakar Opu, the Secretary of the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
ASP Ramhan Nansel, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, made the disclosure in a statement made available to our Correspondent on Wednesday in Lafia.
He explained that a group of about five unidentified gunmen stormed the NASIEC Secretary’s house in Bakin Rijiya Village, along the Lafia-Shendam Road, around 11.45 p.m. on Tuesday night and abducted him to an unknown destination.
According to the statement, “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 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.
He urged members of the public to support the police by providing important information that would aid in the arrest of criminals and the rescue of the victim.
On October 6th, NASIEC stated that it would hold Local Government Area elections across the state’s 13 LGAs to replace vacant positions for Chairmen and Councilors.
