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BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State

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Prof Onje Gye-wado, a former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, has been kidnapped by daredevil gunmen.

According to reports, Onje Gye-wado, a former deputy governor of the state who served during the administration of Abdullahi Adamu, was kidnapped in the early hours of Friday when gunmen raided Gwagi village in the state’s Wamba Local Government Area.

DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, verified the development to reporters.

He stated that the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Maiyaki Baba, has mobilized and dispatched “reinforcement comprised of Police tactical teams, military, vigilantes, and local hunters” to rescue the victim alive.

According to the PPRO, the armed men broke into the victim’s home at 12:30 a.m. and shot sporadically before whisking him away to an unknown destination.

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