Nasarawa’s State All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Phillip Shekwor, has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in his residence on Saturday.
Gunmen stormed his home, along Dunamis church, Bukan Sidi around 11pm, and took him to an unknown destination.
The State Commissioner of Police, Dele Longe, confirmed the incident to journalists in Lafia, the state capital.
He said Mr Shekwo was abducted from his Bukan Sidi residence around 11 p.m. on Saturday.
He also said he has deployed the police to comb the various forests and flashpoints in the state to ensure his release.
Kidnappings of high profiled individuals have become rampant in Lafia, the state capital and hometown of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
Jibrin Giza, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works in Nasarawa State, was kidnapped in his Shabu residence. He was later released after paying ransom.
