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Gunmen Abduct Benue Information Commissioner

...Governor directs security agents to rescue him alive

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September 25, 2023
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Gunmen Abduct Benue Information Commissioner

Mr Mathew Abo

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Yet to be identified gunmen have abducted the Benue State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism, Matthew Abo.

Abo was abducted on Sunday night from his residence in his hometown of Zaki-Biam community of Ukum Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that the commissioner was abducted by gunmen who rode on four motorcycles to his house in Zaki-Biam, a rural town famous for being the largest yam market in the country.

Mr Mathew Abo

In his account of the incident, Tahav Agerzua, a former media aide to two ex-governors of the state, wrote that when the gunmen arrived at the information commissioner’s residence, they ordered everyone, including his wife and children to lie face down, after which they took him away to an unknown destination on one of the motorcycles.

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He added that the abductors compelled the commissioner at gunpoint to sit behind the rider of one of the motorcycles while a gunman sandwiched him.

Chief Press Secretary to the state Governor, Hyacinth Alia, Kula Tersoo, confirmed the incident, saying that, “Unfortunately, he (commissioner) was kidnapped in his country home in Ukum LGA, around 8 pm on, Sunday, September 24, 2023.

“He was in his home with his family, children and his people when the armed men came in. They forced him to a bike.

“We received the unfortunate development and His Excellency, Governor Hyacinth Alia has already directed and detailed the security operatives to ensure his safe release from the kidnappers den.” (vitalnewsngr.com)

 

 

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