By Emmanuel Antswen
An officer of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) identified as Insp. Nathaniel Kumashe has been abducted by gunmen in his country home in Tse Aboh, Uchi-Mbakor in Tarka LGA of Benue State.
He was abducted shortly after returning from the late cousin’s wake, the Benue Command of FRSC said in a statement on Thursday.
The command’s Spokesperson, SRC Ngozi Ahula, confirmed that the officer, currently serving in Wannue, Tarka Local Government Area (LGA), was abducted at about 10pm on Wednesday.
She said the the gunmen fired gunshots to scare his family members and neighbours before taking him away.
A source in the community said the community youths immediately launched a search throughout the night but the gunmen were fast gone.
The source said that operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the neighbourhood also joined in the search operation.
It was further learnt that the victim might have been moved to a kidnappers’ hideout in neighbouring Guma LGA of the state. (NAN)
