The Chief Press Secretary to the Taraba State Governor, Hassan Mijinyawa, has been abducted by unknown gunmen.
According to reports, he was reportedly abducted along the Bali-Gashaka-Gembu highway in the early hours of Wednesday alongside a government official and an expatriate, yet to be identified.
The wife of the kidnapped CPS, Hajjiya Sekina Mijinyawa, confirmed the development, saying her husband left home for Gembu in Sardauna Local Government Area at about 7am only to be abducted.
“He was on his way to Mambilla Plateau to join Governor Darius Ishaku, who is on campaign tour of the area. I learnt that he was kidnapped alongside a government official,” she said.
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She appealed to the kidnappers to temper justice with mercy and release my husband unhurt.”
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr David Akinremi, also confirmed the incident.