Three officials of the Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Nasarawa-Toto road.
Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Nasarawa State, Kennedy Idrisu, confirmed the incident, saying the three officials were abducted on Thursday, While they were traveling in a white Toyota Hilux van at Bugan-Gwari village, at about noon.
“The abductors seized the workers and took them to an unknown destination,” he told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lafia.
He added that the victims were on an official assignment from Lafia to Gadabuke in Toto Local Government, when they were seized by the gunmen.
Idrisu said that a joint Police and military team, in collaboration with the local vigilante, had been mobilised to the area with the view to rescue the victims and possibly arrest the abductors.
He said that the Command was working assiduously to stem the tide of armed robbery and kidnapping in the state, and called for continuous support in that respect.
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