Taraba State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of an Inspector in the state, Emmanuel Yaro by some unknown gunmen.
New Telegraph gathered that the Inspector was kidnapped while he was working on his farm on Sunday, October 22.
It was further gathered that the officer who was abducted was employed by the Kurmi division of the state command.
According to Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abdullahi Usman, the inspector had earlier in the day taken some workers to his farm in Gidan-Idi village of the area before he was whisked away shortly after buying food for his workers.
“The inspector, on taking the workers to his farm, decided to go to a nearby village to buy food for them.
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“Immediately he left, the kidnappers stormed his farm and held the workers hostage.
“Unknown to him, he came back and met the kidnappers who immediately released the workers and went away with the inspector,” Usman said.
Dismissing claims that a pastor, his wife, and six other people had been kidnapped in the state, he said that just the inspector had been taken.
He cautioned social media users to always confirm their information with the appropriate authorities before sharing it while highlighting the command’s determination to crack down on thugs making life unbearable for the people of the state.
The abduction of the inspector comes barely a week after Governor Agbu Kefas urged the security chiefs to deploy more operatives and establish a naval base in Taraba.