A Taraba State House of Assembly, Bashir Bape was kidnapped by Gunmen on Tuesday. He is the lawmaker representing Nguroje constituency in Taraba state house of Assembly.
Report said that Mr Bape was kidnapped Tuesday night in his residence in Jalingo, the state capital.
A member of his household who spoke on the incident said: ‘The gunmen who came in numbers overpowered the vigilantes guarding the house and went straight to his sleeping room.
‘They whisked him away, and on leaving the scene, they shot into the air to scare us.’
Witnesses said the gunmen rode to the area in a convoy of motorcycles at about 1:00 a.m.
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Immediately they entered, they seized all handsets belonging to the people in the compound.
‘They then dragged the member to their motorcycles and whisked him away without saying anything,’ said a neighbour who declined to give his name for security reasons.
The state police are yet to comment on the incident as its spokesperson was not immediately available for comment as calls to his phone did not go through.
It will recall that this was the second time a member of the state House of Assembly was kidnapped in recent years. Hosea Ibi, the lawmaker representing Takum 1 constituency, was kidnapped on December 30, 2017 in Takum.
He was snatched at gunpoint and driven away by his abductors on a motorcycle. After weeks of search and payment of ransom, his corpse was found along the Takum – Kashimbilla road.
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