The Adamawa State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the abduction
of the Vice Chairman of Hong Local Government, Bijida Yakubu, by gunmen
suspected to be members of the Boko Haram.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, Othman Abubakar, who
confirmed the incident, said three vigilante members that were with Mr.
Yakubu lost their lives in the encounter.
Mr. Abubakar, who did not give details, however, said the police
officers investigating the incident have so far recovered the vice
chairman’s shoes.
A resident of Hong who simply identified himself as Hussaini said that the incident occurred in Gayafa Village of the area.
“You know, insurgents attacked the village last week. The vice
chairman who hailed from the village was on an assessment visit with
some hunters when the insurgents attacked and over-powered them.
“About seven insurgents were killed in the encounter before they
over-powered the hunters and took away the vice chairman,” he said.
Mr. Hussaini claimed that the abducted vice chairman was later
allowed by his captors to call his wife with his cell phone before the
device was switched off.
The Chairman of Adamawa branch of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Sahabo Gurin, also confirmed the incident.
Adamawa is one of the three states most affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
The insurgency has caused the death of about 20,000 people in northern Nigeria with hundreds of thousands of others displaced.
The Nigerian military recently began a major offensive against the
group, reclaiming some of the territory initially seized by the
insurgents.
(NAN)
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