Crime
Gunmen kidnap community chief in Taraba
Unknown Gunmen on New Year day abducted the Chief of Dan-Anacha in Gassol local government area of Taraba State, Zaki Daniel Mbatelen.
The younger brother of the victim, one Richard Mbatelen, told newsmen the incident occurred around 2 pm on January 1st while the chief was holding discussions with some his family and relatives.
Mbatelen explained that the armed men stormed the chief’s compound on motorcycles, commanded everybody to lie down at gunpoint, before whisking the chief away.
“After complying to their directive they searched my pockets, collected my phones and the little money I had on me,” Mbatelen said in a The Punch report.
“They commanded my elder brother at gunpoint to follow them, they took him on one of the motorcycles and whisked him away to an unknown destination.
“Since yesterday afternoon, my brother’s phone has been switched off. We have not received any call from him or from his abductors.
“I am pleading with the security agencies to ensure that my brother is released unhurt,” he said.
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