Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers killed one person and abducted about some persons who were traveling to Toto Local Government Area of the state.
NewsSpecng gathered that the incident occurred at 1:50pm on Tuesday afternoon along Mungi Sharp Conner Buga Gwari, Gadabuke area of Toto LGA
It was gathered that the 20 abducted victims, who were traveling in three vehicles, were said to have been intercepted by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
Confirming the incident to our correspondent, the Secretary of Gadabuke Emirate Council, Mr. Abdullahi Baba, said the unknown gunmen came out from the bush, intercepted the vehicles plying the road and kidnapped some passengers.
The Police Public Relations Officer Nasarawa State Command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, who confirmed the incident, however, stated that no passengers was abducted.
He said, “Around 13:50 hours, we received an information that a vehicle was abandoned at Buga Gwari in Gadabuke of Toto Local Government Area.
“We send our men to the scene and they recovered a Rover Salon Car with Registration Number NTT 265AA and two mobile phones were discovered inside the vehicle, but the whereabouts of the occupants were not known.
“And somebody has recognised the vehicle that it belongs to his brother who left Nasarawa for Gadabuke this morning, so the vehicle was kept in the station.”
Nansel also said commissioners of Police, Mr. Bola Longe, has directed the DPO Toto LGA to mobilise his personnel to start combing the bushes.
