According to reports,some unidentified gunmen have abducted two wives and a son of the Chief of Sarkin Kudu in Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State, HRH Dan-Salama Adamu on Friday night.The Taraba state Police Public Relations Officer DSP Usman Abdullahi confirmed the incident .
Family sources said the armed men invaded the traditional ruler’s residents on Friday night in Serkin Kudu, when he was out of the house.According to sources, the gunmen in their numbers shoot sporadically before carrying the victims away to an unknown destination.
“The gunmen are yet to establish contact with anybody. We pray for the safety of the victims. For now, they have not contacted us so we can’t talk about how much they are demanding for ransom.“None of the victim’s phone number is going through, but we are trusting God for their safety,” The family source said.
DSP Usman further added that some suspects have been arrested in connection to the incident and are providing useful information to the police and efforts are on to rescue the victims and arrest the remaining suspects.
This comes barely three weeks after some gunmen abducted two wives and five children of the Chief of Mutum-Biyu and later murdered them in the state.