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Tension as unknown gunmen abduct five residents from Kogi community
There is rising fear in Magogo village, Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State, after gunmen suspected to be kidnappers abducted five members of the community.
The National President of the Magongo Development Association (MDA), Prince Jordan Akpata, confirmed the incident during a phone call on Tuesday morning.
Akpata stated on phone that the victims had earlier last Friday travelled to Jos, the Plateau State capital, for a wedding ceremony. “But while returning home on Monday night from Jos, the wedding guests traveling in a vehicle were intercepted and kidnapped at about 8:30pm Monday night.”
He said, “The victims were just few kilometres to arrive their destination in Magongo when the gunmen intercepted them.
“The victims were forcefully disembarked from their vehicle and ordered into the bush at gunpoint.”
Prince Akpata appealed to the Kogi State Government and security agencies to urgently intervene and ensure the safe rescue of the abducted citizens.
The spokesman of the Kogi State Police Command, DSP Williams Ovye Aya, could not be reached for comment at the time of this report.
Details later…
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