By Deborah Nnamdi
Tension has gripped Magogo village in Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State following the abduction of five residents by suspected kidnappers on Monday night.
The National President of the Magongo Development Association (MDA), Prince Jordan Akpata, confirmed the incident on Tuesday.
According to him, the victims had travelled to Jos, Plateau State, last Friday to attend a wedding and were returning home when they were ambushed. “At about 8:30 p.m. on Monday, the wedding guests were intercepted and kidnapped just a few kilometres from Magongo,” he said.
Akpata explained that the gunmen forced the victims out of their vehicle and marched them into the bush at gunpoint. He appealed to the Kogi State Government and security agencies to act swiftly to secure their release.
Efforts to reach the spokesperson of the Kogi State Police Command, DSP Williams Ovye Aya, were unsuccessful as of the time of filing this report.
