Malam Ayuba Ibeto, the younger brother of Niger State Deputy Governor Ahmed Musa Ibeto, who was kidnapped last Friday by gunmen, may have been taken out of the state by his abductors, the police have said.
Police Commissioner Olusola Emmanuel Amore addressed reporters yesterday in his office in Minna, the state capital, on the Ibeto’s abduction.
Amore said: “The victim, Ayuba Ibeto, has been taken outside the state while the kidnappers were in touch with the family.”
It was the first time the police were making an official statement on the incident since it occurred at 10pm last Friday at Ibeto, Magama Local Government Area.
Amore said the police were working on how to rescue the victim and arrest his kidnappers.
The police chief said the command had deployed a special team to Kontagora axis over the incident.
He urged anyone with useful information on the abduction to give it to the command.