By; SAMSON YAKI, Lafia
Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a former Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Ismaila Konga, on Monday in Akwanga.
Konga was said to have been kidnapped alongside two others on his way from Akwanga town, the headquarters of Akwanga Local Government Area to his country home Andaha, where he resides with his family.
Andaha Town, 20 kilometres away from Akwanga, the headquarters of Akwanga LG, is one of the suburbs that has become kidnappers’ den in recent times.
A family source said that the kidnappers mounted road block on the Akwanga-Jos federal highway, between Ningo village and Andaha, where they got their victims.
“They mounted road block and opened fire on travellers, then our brother ran into them and they whisked him away alongside Mallam Sule Coach, who is working with Primary Health Care Department, one other person and killed a Hilux driver who also ran into them.
“The kidnappers had contacted us (family) around 4am today (Tuesday) and gave our brother phone to speak with us. He was trying to tell us that they are demanding 2 million naira, but we overheard his abductors at the background saying, they will not collect 2 million naira,” he said.
Meanwhile, ghe spokesman of the Nasarawa State Police Command, DSP Ranham Nansel, has confirmed the development, pledging to swing into action with immediate effect.
“I don’t have these details, I will revert immediately I get it,” Nansel however added.
