Gunmen on Wednesday attacked Suleiman Abubakar, Chairman of Correspondents’ chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Nasarawa state and abducted his wife, Yahanasu Abubakar.
Suleiman told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident happened at about 7 p.m. along Gudi-Garaku road in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state.
According to Suleiman, the gunmen shot at the union bus they were travelling in from Keffi, where his wife went to register at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp.
He said the bus ran into a ditch after being shot at while the gunmen swooped on them, took his wife, the wife of a former state assembly member, who they gave a lift as well as two other women from another vehicle during the attack.
Meanwhile, ASP Samaila Usman, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, said the command had mobilised officers to the area to search and rescue the abducted women. (NAN)
Abductors demand N5m for journalist wife’s release
Suleiman Abubakar, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Chairman, Correspondents’ chapel, Nasarawa State has said that the gunmen, who attacked him and abducted his wife, Yahanasu demanded for N5 million for her release.
Abubakar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lafia that the abductors had on Wednesday evening attacked him, his wife and three other women.
He said he narrowly escaped from the bus while the abductors went with his wife and the other victims.
He said the women were abducted by the gunmen, following attack on Gudi-Garaku Road in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state on their way to Lafia, the state capital.
According to Abubakar, the assailants shot at the union’s bus conveying himself and the victims from Keffi, where his wife had gone to register at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp, at about 7p.m.
“They called me this morning demanding for N5 million in order to secure the release of my wife, however, I told them that I can only afford N50,000 and they said I was not serious.
“They also allowed my wife to speak with me on the phone to ascertain that she was alrigh, “ he said.
“The bus ran into a ditch after being shot at while the gunmen swooped on us but I escaped while they took my wife and the other women.
“One of the women is a wife of a former State House of Assembly member who they offered free ride.
Meanwhile, ASP Samaila Usman, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Police Command in the state, said that the command was working assiduously to secure the release of the victims unhurt. (NAN)
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