BREAKING: Gunmen Kidnap Lawmaker, Three Others

• Unknown gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a Nigerian lawmaker and three others.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that gunmen have kidnapped a member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly representing Nasarawa Central State Constituency, Mr. Ismail Danbaba.

It was gathered that the lawmaker was travelling to Jos, the Plateau State capital for a workshop alongside his driver and two other people in his vehicle when they were abducted on Saturday evening.

As gathered by EKO HOT BLOG, the latest abduction was confirmed by the Chairman of Nasarawa State House of Assembly’s Committee on Information, Mr. Mohammed Omadefu, on Sunday.

Omadefu noted that the lawmaker was kidnapped along Akwanga/Jos Road close to the forest in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

EKO HOT BLOG further gathered that the lawmaker, his driver, and two other persons were ambushed and whisked away to an unknown destination.

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Omadefu disclosed that Danbaba’s abductors had already contacted the Nasarawa State House of Assembly but were yet to make demands.

“The lawmaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Mr. Ismail Danbaba, who is representing Nasarawa Central, was kidnapped yesterday in the evening while he was on his way for an official function along Akwanga/Jos road in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State,” Omadefu said.

The Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ramhman Nansel, when contacted, said the incident did not occur in Nasarawa State, noting he would not comment on that.

“Please, contact the Police Public Relations Officer in Kaduna state.

“Nasarawa State command is not aware of any such incident,” the police spokesman said.

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