No fewer than 25 persons, including a second class Chief of the community, Alhaji Umaru Nyala, have been kidnapped in Pupule community of Yorro local Government Area of Taraba State.
Others kidnapped at about 2am on Tuesday, included the traditional ruler’s pregnant wife and over 20 others.
The gunmen who stormed the community in their numbers, were said to have shot sporadically into the air, frightening residents.
The spokesman of the Taraba State Police Command, Usman Abdullahi, confirmed the abduction of the second class chief and his family members and other people in the town.
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“It is confirmed that the chief of Kwaji chiefdom and his family members were abducted,” Abdullahi, a Superintendent of Police, said.