The police command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Alhaji Yakubu Dauda, Village Head of Sabon Gida-Barkin Kogi in Lafia Local Government Area by unidentified gunmen.
ASP Samaila Usman, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) on Tuesday in Lafia.
Usman said that the monarch was abducted from his house at about 1:25 am on Monday.
According to him, the abductors came to the house, shot sporadically before whisking the village head away to an unknown destination. Read more