Police officer, 2 others kidnapped in Benue

From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi

At least three (3) persons have been kidnapped in Anune, Gwer West local government on Tuesday.

Amongst those kidnapped is a police man, a woman and another person.

Confirming the incident in a telephone chat, Chairman of the council, Andrew Ayande said the incident occurred at about 4 pm while some mourners were returning from Naka to Makurdi after attending a burial. According to him, the attackers did not know that the persons were mourners. He said, “We lost one prominent person on Monday and the corpse was billed to be taken home for burial on Monday. But yesterday the people came as usual and attacked the vehicle conveying the mourners. The vehicle has since been taken to Naka police station. They are always doing that around Anune.

“A police man and two others were kidnapped and they are demanding 200,000 for the Police officer, one million for the woman and 500,000 for the other person”.

When contacted, Benue State Police Command Public Relations’Officer SP Catherine Anene said she is unaware of the incident.

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