Gunmen Abduct Journalist’s Wife And Three Other Women In Nasarawa State

Gunmen Abduct Journalist’s Wife And Three Other Women In Nasarawa State

The
wife of a member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Nasarawa
State, Mrs Yahanasu Abubakar, and three other women have been abducted
by gunmen.

Suleiman Abubakar, who is the Chairman of Correspondents’ Chapel of
NUJ in the state, confirmed the incident to Channels TV. He said the
women were abducted by the gunmen following an attack on Wednesday
evening along the Gudi-Garaku Road in Akwanga Local Government Area on
their way to Lafia, the state capital.  

According to Abubakar, the assailants shot at the union’s bus
conveying the victims from Keffi, where his wife had gone to register at
the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp. He explained
that their bus ran into a ditch after they were chased by gunmen
numbering more than 30.

The journalist added that the gunmen shot sporadically in the air few
metres from a police checkpoint and forcefully made away with his wife
and the other women into the bush. The other victims included the wife
of a former member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, whom they
had given a lift, as well as two other women from another vehicle.

Abubakar said the gunmen have demanded N5 million from him before his
wife would regain freedom. The State Police Command has also confirmed
the incident saying the command had already mobilised officers to the
area for a search and rescue operation.