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Breaking: Audacious gunmen kidnap State’s Ex-Deputy Governor 

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A former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Prof. Onje Gye-wado, has been kidnapped by gunmen.

Persecondnews gathered that Gye-wado, who served during the Gov. Abdullahi Adamu administration as Deputy Governor between 1999 and 2003, was abducted in the early hours of Friday.

The kidnappers had invaded his country home, Gwagi village in Wamba local government area of the state in their numbers.

Confirming the report via a statement, the Nasarawa Police Command spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said that armed men invaded the residence of the Ex-Deputy Governor about 12:30 am and shot sporadically into the air before whisking him to an unknown destination.

“Information received by the command indicated that on 7/4/2023 at about 12:30am, unknown gunmen invaded Gwagi village in Wamba LGA, broke into the residence of one Prof. Onje Gye-wado and abducted him to an unknown destination.

“Upon receipt of the information, Police operatives attached to Wamba Division swiftly moved to the scene, but the abductors had fled with the victim before the police arrival.

“The Commissioner has called on anyone with useful information that will lead to the rescue of the former Deputy Governor to contact the following telephone numbers: 09115629178, 09067877096, 08112692680 and 08104441179,” the statement read in part,” the statement given to Persecondnews said.

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