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Gunmen kidnap Nigerian ex-lawmaker

Gunmens to be kidnappers on Thursday, January 14, kidnapped a former member of the Bauchi state House of Assembly, Abdulmumuni Ningi.

Ningi’s abduction was confirmed to Nigerian Tribune on Friday, January 15, by the spokesman of the police command in the state, DSP Ahmed Wakili.

Wakili said:

“Yes, a former member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly who represented Ningi Constituency was kidnapped on Thursday at about 8 pm within Bauchi metropolis.”

The police PPRO noted that the kidnappers seized Wakili’s vehicle at gunpoint and drove away with him in their own car.

Speaking to journalists, he added:

“…as of this morning (Friday) that I am talking to you, they have not called yet, but our intelligence men are working to get to the root of the situation.”

Sunny Green Itodo

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