The Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Command, CP Maiyaki Baba has reassured the public, especially the family of Prof Onje Gye-wado that efforts were ongoing to rescue him from his abductors safe and sound.
Prof. Onje Gye-wado is a politician and academic who served as the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State under Senator Abdullahi Adamu’s administration between 1999 and 2023.
Prof. Onje Gye-wado was abducted by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums in the early hours of Friday, as Police tactical operatives had intensified search and rescue operation.
The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel said in a statement on Friday that information received by the Command indicated that on April 7, 2023 about 12:30 am, gunmen invaded Gwagi village in Wamba LGA, broke into the residence of one Prof. Onje Gye-wado and abducted him to an unknown destination.
DSP Nansel said that upon receipt of the information, Police operatives attached to Wamba Division swiftly moved to the scene, but the hoodlums had fled with the victim before their arrival at the place.
The Commissioner of Police further mobilised and deployed reinforcement comprising Police tactical teams, military, vigilantes, and local hunters to complement the ongoing search to rescue the hostage hale and hearty and arrest the perpetrators of the act.
The Commissioner of Police therefore called on anyone with useful information that will enable the Police to succeed in the rescue operation to call the following telephone numbers: 09115629178, 09067877096, 08112692680 and 08104441179.
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