The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works in Nasarawa State, Jibrin Giza, was in the early hours of Sunday at about 12 am abducted by yet to be identified gunmen.
The State Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Lafia, the state capital.
Longe said the Permanent Secretary was abducted by gunmen from his residence at Shabu, a suburb of Lafia to an unknown destination.
The Commissioner said that the DPO in the area had already mobilised some officers and men who are on the trail of the fleeing abductors and their victim.
Longe hinted that he had ordered the DCP Operations, Officer in Charge of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, F-SARS, Officer in Charge of Counter-Terrorism, and the Commander Police Mobile Force 58, to comb the area to ensure the safe rescue of the victim and arrest of his abductors.
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He also vowed that the Command would not rest on its oars until the victim regains his freedom.
Longe added that the abductors are yet to establish any contact with the victim’s family.
