JUST IN: Unknown gunmen kidnap Miyetti Allah chairman in Kogi

A group of unknown gunmen have kidnapped the chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Wakili Damina in Kogi State.
Moreso, the secretary of the MACBAN, Mr Adamu Abubakar while speaking with newsmen said Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage.

He stressed further that some witnesses said the gunmen, numbering about eight, came in a white bus to “forcefully” take away the Chairman from his house at Chikara village, Kogi Local Government.

At been informed about the situation, he said he immediately called the phone number of the missing Chairman, but it rang out. He said that Damina’s number was switched off when he repeated the call about an hour later.

“Since then, his lines are not reachable and all efforts to know his whereabouts proved abortive,” he said.

Abubakar said that he immediately notified the state Commissioner of police of the development, adding that the state government was also informed through the Special Adviser on security matters to the governor, Mr Jerry Omodara.

The Secretary said that he and some members of the association visited the Nigeria Police Force headquarters, Abuja, to know if Damina was in their custody but they said no. He also said that a search party raised by MACBAN had visited other places, including abattoirs in and around Abuja to no avail.