By Amos Aar
THE BENUE State Police Command on Monday night confirmed the abduction of Hon. Mrs Amina Audu, the suspended chairman of Okpokwu local government council of Benue State.
Armed men were said to have on Monday morning blocked Tyolaha Ahume portion of Naka-Makurdi Road in Gwer West where they shot at a moving car and forcibly whisked away Mrs Audu and her driver.
The kidnappers overpowered men of the Community Volunteer Guard stationed at the area who on hearing superior gun sounds ran into the bush according to an eyewitness.
The vehicle, which was said to be searched and left behind, was pushed and parked at Ahume Village on the same road.
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Benue State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Superintendent of Police (SP) Sewuese Anene, who confirmed late Monday night the abduction of Hon. Mrs Audu, said investigation was in progress.
“The kidnap of Hon. Amina Audu is confirmed. Investigation is ongoing please,” the PPRO wrote a message on Police-Journalists WhatsApp platform.
This is the second time in less than two weeks that travellers have been kidnapped at Tyolaha Atume point of the Makurdi-Naka Road.
The deplorable Makurdi-Naka Road has become a nightmare for travellers who face persistent attack by armed gunmen who kill, rob or kidnap people on a daily basis.
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Raymond Mbabov, an abductee who said he escaped alongside two others from the kidnappers’ den stated on Monday that 13 other captives were still suffering in the hands of the captors in the bush in Gwer West.
