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From Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo
At least twenty one persons including a monarch, two pastors and two policemen were allegedly abducted in Pupule village in Yorro local government area of Taraba State in the early hours of Tuesday.
A resident who spoke to our correspondent said that the armed men suspected to be kidnappers stormed the village around two in the morning on Tuesday and picked people up randomly while shooting sporadically to scare people away.
According to the source “it was a very horrible night. I just got back to the village on Monday evening and while we were in bed, around 2 0’clock, we started hearing gunshots.
“This morning, we realised that at least twenty one persons have been abducted. The 2nd class Chief Alhaji Umaru Abubakar Nyala was abducted, two policemen residing in the area were also abducted, two pastors who came in from Yola for a burial service today were also taken, and a student of Taraba State University.
“We also gathered that a father was taken with his pregnant daughter and brother, and other people. This is becoming too often in this village. Most of the people taken are just ordinary people who are struggling to survive. It is not funny again at all,” the resident said.
Another resident told our correspondent that there are policemen in the village trying to track the kidnappers and victims.
Spokesman for the Taraba State Police Command did not return our correspondent’s call nor reply to a text message to him requesting further information on the incident.
