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Gunmen abduct assistant police commissioner, others along Birnin-Gwari road

The News Blog
September 28, 2017 | Omoleye Omoruyi
September 28, 2017

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Omoleye Omoruyi
The News Blog

An Assistant Commissioner of police, ACP Emmanuel, serving in Gusau, Zamfara, has been abducted while travelling with members of his family along the Birnin-Gwari–Funtua road on Wednesday.

Highlights (Report by Dail Trust):

  • He and three members of his family were said to be travelling in a Hi-lux van when they ran into the gunmen who forced their vehicle to stop and whisked them away in another vehicle.
  • Another police officer was also abducted with three others while travelling in a Sharon bus to Birnin Gwari on Wednesday.
  • A source said immediately the police patrolling the route got the information that some persons travelling in a Sharon bus had been abducted they raised an alarm as one of them had during a stopover at a police post identified himself as their colleague and inquired about one of them who he said is his friend but was told had been transferred to Maiduguri.
Tags: Birnin-Gwari, Gusau, nigerian police, Zamfara

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