Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Hamisu Mijinyawa, has been kidnapped by gunmen, Igbere TV learnt on Wednesday.
Igbere TV gathered that Mr Mijinyawa was abducted in the early hours of Wednesday at his residence while preparing to host the state governor, Mohammed Jibrilla, ahead of the governorship elections.
According to a party official Mark Dauda, the kidnappers are demanding N20 million as ransom to secure the release of the party chairman.
He explained that “The chairman was picked in his house in Demsa around 1:00 am this morning, but we’re talking, we’re negotiating for his release.”
“They’ve demanded N20 million ransom, that’s all I can tell you for now”, Dauda revealed.
The Police Public Relations officer Adamawa state command, Othman Abubakar confirmed the kidnap and said the Command is investigating the incidence with the hope of apprehending the criminals.
He, therefore, appealed to the public to remain calm as they work towards rescuing the victim.
Igbere TV recalls that a similar thing occurred in Abia State as the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Hon. Donatus Nwankpa was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Monday night.
According to information gathered, his personal assistant escaped, but another party official wasn’t lucky to also escape.
Meanwhile, the police command in Abia has confirmed the abduction of the APC Chairman in the state.
The police public relations officer, Geoffrey Ogbonna, told newsmen that the command was aware of the incident.
Ogbonna said that the information at his disposal was still sketchy but described the incident as very unfortunate.
The police spokesperson said that the command had swung into action and expressed the confidence that the perpetrators would be arrested and made to face the full weight of the law.
