Police in Adamawa State has confirmed the release of a 90-year-old elder brother of ex-governor Murtala Nyako, Alh. Dahiru Hammanyero Nyako.
Gunmen have in the early hours of Thursday abducted the elderly man when they stormed his house located at Mayo Belwa town in Mayo Belwa local government.
Gun-wielding gunmen were reported to have struck again in Mayo-Belwa town and whisked away from a 90-year-old man, Alh. Dahiru Hammanyero Nyako.
The abducted old man is an elder brother to former Governor Murtala Nyako, who had recently lost another elder brother late Isa Hammanyero Nyako.
Locals say the Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers struck in the midnight, firing shots to scare residents.
” They came in numbers firing gunshots to scare us in late midnight.
“All efforts to get security intervention to no avail, despite the presence of the Operation Farauta that consists of soldiers, police and civil defense corps.
“They (Gunmen) succeeded in whisking him away with no resistance, today the whole town is in atmosphere of agony and despair,” said a local resident who doesn’t want his name mentioned.
Also corroborating a relative who simply identified herself as Shamsiyya said, ” Innalillahhiwa, innalilihi ilaihi raji,un , late night they ( gunmen) have kidnapped our father Alhaji Dahiru Hammanyero Nyako.”
In the meantime efforts to get the council chairman or Divisional Police Officer in charge of Mayo-Belwa, (DPO) have been futile.
Residents now sleep with two eyes opened due to the incessant attacks by gunmen in the area.
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