By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers were reported to have stormed a sleeping community of Yolde Pate in Yola South local government area of Adamawa state, during which they whisked away the wife and son of a police officer (names withheld) just as local vigilante escaped by whisker.
Residents and security sources said that the gun wielding gunmen had on Monday’s night stormed a suburb of Yolde-Pate and had ‘’ free-operations’’ for nearly 30-minutes.
‘’ They had a field day during the operations.
‘’ They attacked the police officer’s house at about 11: 50pm, the house is closed to Yolde-Pate Correctional (Prison) Centre; no any attempt to repeal the attack by security personnel attached to the centre.
‘’ In fact, the nearby police station were called but all to no avail.
‘’They (police) later came after when it was late. The kidnappers had abducted the wife and son of the police officer who was in Abuja on special assignment when they came.
‘’one of our local vigilantes escaped by whisker, though he has bullet injury,’’ said a resident.
But when contacted, police spokesman in the state DSP Suleiman Nguroje confirmed that, ‘’ already the state commissioner of police had ordered that those abducted be secured.
‘’ We want residents to always help in giving timely and useful information that could help in tracking down the undesirable elements plaguing our society.
‘’ Security is for all!’’ Nguroje has said.
Residents had in the recent times been sleeping with two eyes open due to incessant kidnappings and armed robbery.
” We are now sleeping with two eyes open, due to insecurity most especially kidnappings and armed robbery.
” This is the fifth reported cases of kidnappings here in Yolde-Pate in the recent time, and we are calling on the government and other security agencies to please take measures,” another resident who pleaded anonymity has urged.
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