Ahijo Mujeli. divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Mubi north, has been kidnapped.
According to Suleiman Yahaya, spokesman of the Adamawa police command, Myjeli was abducted along Mubi-Maraba road on Tuesday night.
“He was driving in his personal car around 6.30 p.m., along Mubi-Maraba road near the toll-gate when he was abducted,” he said.
“There was sound of shooting around the area, when our men arrived, they met an empty car identified as his.”
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Yahaya said already the anti-kidnapping unit and intelligence response team(IRT) of the inspector general of police had swung into action, trailing the suspected kidnappers.
“We are hoping of positive result and I want to use this opportunity to advise members of the public with relevant security information on criminals to avail the command same for necessary action,” Yahaya said.
The development comes one month after Isa Rambo, an assistant commissioner of police, was kidnapped in Kaduna.
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Rambo, commander of the Suleja area command of the Nigeria Police Force, was kidnapped on his way to Jos, Plateau state capital.
He regained freedom 48 hours later.
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