Benue Information Commissioner Abducted
*Taken away by gun-weilding gunmen on motorbikes
The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Benue state, Mr. Matthew Abo, has been abducted by yet to be identified gunmen.
Abo was abducted in Zaki Biam, Ukum council area of the state around 8pm late Sunday evening.
Former Special Adviser, Media and ICT, to the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Tahav Agerzua, who posted the information on his facebook page, disclosed that the commissioner was picked up in his residence and taken away by the armed men to an unknown destination.
Agerzua also disclosed that the gunmen invaded Abo's house on motorbikes and took him away at gunpoint after ordering his wife, children and other persons with him to lie faced down.
“There are confirmed reports that several gunmen stormed the residence of Matthew Abo, Benue State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism in Zaki-Biam and abducted him about two hours ago.
“Eyewitnesses state that the kidnappers came on four motorcycles, ordered everyone in the house including the commissioner’s wife and children to lie face down and took him away to an unknown destination on one of the motorcycles.
“The witnesses said the abductors compelled the commissioner at gun point to sit behind the rider of one of the motorcycles while a gunman sandwiched him.
“The abduction took place after 8 pm on Sunday, 24th September, 2023. The matter has been reported to the police," he wrote.
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