Gunmen Abduct Senior Police Officer In Adamawa

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped  the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Mubi North Divisional Police Command, Ahdjo Mohammed, in Adamawa.

The officer was said to have been kidnapped at around 7 pm on Tuesday while returning to Mubi from Yola, where his mother has been receiving medical attention.

The kidnappers were said to have made contact with some persons demanding fifty million naira from the family of the victim for the ransom of the law officer.

Similarly, another resident of Mubi, a trader, Alhaji Mahmudu Mbilla from Mbilla village has also been kidnapped, Monday night and the kidnappers are said to have also been demanded the same amount from the family of the kidnapped victim.

The PPRO Adamawa state police command, Usman Nguroje, confirmed the incident.

He said the Adamawa state police command has policed personnel including the IG anti kidnap squad to rescue the abducted office.

Nguroje said, “We have set everything in place to ensure that no man in Adamawa is kidnapped.

“The officer was kidnapped at the Mararaba Mubi following a sporadic gun shot and before the police in the area could reach the area, they found the vehicle carrying him abandoned with his identity card left behind”

On whether the kidnappers have made any financial demands, the PPRO said, “I’m not aware of that.”