Gunmen kidnap Taraba monarch’s wives, son

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Gunmen kidnap Taraba monarch’s wives, son

Suspected gunmen have abducted the two wives and a son of the Chief of Sarkin Kudu in the Ibi Local Government Area of Plateau State, Dan-Salama Adamu.

This is coming barely three weeks after the two wives and five children of the Chief of Mutum-Biyu were abducted and murdered by bandits.

Family sources said the armed men invaded Adamu’s house on Friday when he was not around.

According to the sources, the gunmen shot sporadically before carrying the victims away to an unknown destination.

“The gunmen have yet to establish contact with anybody. We pray for the safety of the victims. For now, they have not contacted us, so we can’t talk of how much they are demanding for ransom.

“None of the victims’ phone numbers is going through, but we are trusting God for their safety,” a family member told our correspondent on the phone.

The Taraba State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Usman Abdullahi, confirmed the incident, adding that some suspects had been arrested.

Abdullahi also said the arrested suspects were providing useful information to the police and efforts were on to rescue the victims and arrest the remaining suspects.