APC primaries: Female aspirant abducted on election day in Plateau

House of Assembly aspirant of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Qua’an Pan South State Constituency of Plateau State in the 2023 general elections, Hon. Na’anyil Magdalene Dakogol, has been kidnapped.

The state police spokesperson, Ubah Gabriel, who confirmed the development, said Hon. Madalene was kidnapped on the day her party conducted the primaries.

Gabriel said the commissioner of police had sent tactical team to rescue the victim.

Na’anyil, who is the only female aspirant of the APC in the race, was on her way to meet with delegates of the party ahead of the primaries scheduled for Kwalla town of Qua’an Pan LGA of the state, when she was abducted.

According to Daily Trust, a source from the area said, “The Honourable was to see a delegate on Wednesday but they gave her 5:30 am of Thursday for her to meet them. She left alongside her brother to Goeragas and they could not locate the house, her brother came down of the car and went into the community to make inquiry.

“He left her inside the car, but to his greatest shock did not see her when he came back. Her phones were all inside the car but he could not see her.”