Gunmen have abducted the Secretary Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC), Mohammed Abubakar Opu.

Confirming the incident in a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer, Nasarawa State Police Command ASP Ramhan Nansel said the NASIEC Secretary was abducted from his house located at Baking Rijiya Village, along Lafia-shendaam Road, Nasarawa State.

“Yesterday at 1:45, a complaint was lodged at C Division, Lafia that on Tuesday at 11:45, unknown gunmen numbering about five abducted one Mohammed Abubakar Opu (The Secretary of Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission) from his residence.

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“On receipt of the complaint, the Commissioner of Police, Adesina Soyemi immediately led a detachment of police personnel comprising personnel of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Police Mobile Force, Counter- Terrorism Unit and other tactical units of the Command to the scene.

“The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State, Criminal Investigation Department was also directed to move to the scene and conduct a comprehensive investigation in order to unveil the faces of those responsible for the commission of the act, rescue the victim and arrest the perpetrators.

“The Commissioner of Police is hereby calling on anyone with useful information that will aid the investigation to call the following telephone numbers: 08063899824, 08140237449, 08035429706, 08032875187 and 08037461715,” the statement read.