The police in Nasarawa State have foiled the abduction of Umar Nasiru-Black, Nasarawa South Zonal Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The police spokesman in the state, Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Lafia.
He said, “On Saturday, November 20, 2021, at about 8pm the police received a distress call that six gunmen had invaded the residence of the PDP zonal chairman located at Bukan Kwato area of Lafia and wanted to kidnap him.
“Upon receipt of the information, the Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Adesina Soyemi, immediately mobilised police patrol teams stationed at the area to the scene and the abduction was foiled.”
He said in a bid to escape, the hoodlums hit the said Umar Nasiru Black with a stick on his forehead and also shot one of the victim’s neighbours on the leg before they escaped, and that effort was ongoing to arrest the criminals. (NAN)
