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Gunmen abduct female journalist, abandon six-month old baby

Last updated: May 4, 2021 2:55 pm
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A news editor with the Adamawa State Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Yola, Amra Ahmed Diska has been kidnapped in by unidentified gunmen.

Confirming the incident, the public relations officer of the Adamawa State Police Command, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje said, the journalist was abducted from her home at Mbamba overnight Tuesday, The victim who is a nursing mother resumed work from maternity leave.

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Investigations revealed that around fifteen gunmen invaded the residence of the victim at Mbamba in Yola South local government area.

The kidnappers upon their arrival into the residence broke the sitting room door and gained access into the bedroom asking of the whereabouts of the victim’s husband, In the absence of the husband, the gunmen kidnapped the wife leaving behind her six-month-old baby.
Reports say the area has been repeatedly terrorized by gunmen in recent times.

(Editor-Oloyede Oworu)

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