May 26, (THEWILL) – A board member of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission, Isah Salami, has been kidnapped in Kogi State.
He was reportedly kidnapped in the early hours of Thursday, on his way to the mosque in Ogaminana, the Adavi local government area of the state.
An unidentified person was also reportedly killed in the process of the kidnapping.
The kidnapping was confirmed by the Kogi State Police Command spokesman, SP William Aya, who also said one person was killed in the process.
Reliable source said the kidnappers came with a vehicle parked along the victim’s residence and zoomed off with him around 5:00am.
One Ilyas Okaraga, who claimed to have witnessed the abduction, said another person was also shot by the gunmen.
“In an attempt to save him from the gunmen, a young man was also shot, but was rushed to the hospital for treatment.”
SP William Aya, however, said the state Commissioner of Police had drafted security men for rescue operation of Salami.
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