A group of unknown gunmen has kidnapped the member
representing Toungo Counstituency in the Adamawa House of Assembly, Alhaji
Adamu Usman.
Usman was said to be kidnapped by the gunmen who stormed his
residence at Kofare Ward of Yola around midnight on Friday.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations
Officer, Adamawa Police Command, Mr Othman Abubakar, said the lawmaker was
taken away at gunpoint.
He however said that the police were investigating the
incident.
Usman is one of the only two members of Adamawa Assembly who
won their re-election to the house for a second term after defecting from PDP
to APC in the just-concluded general elections.
The incident brings to three the number of kidnapping
recorded in the state within six months.
NAN recalls that Alhaji Sani Ribadu, a brother to Malam Nuhu
Ribadu and Mr Wilson Gundiri, a brother to Engr Markus Gundiri were earlier
kidnapped but later released.
Gindiri was the Adamawa SDP gubernatorial candidate in the
just-concluded general elections.( NAN)
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