Gun men abduct 27 Wedding Guests In Taraba

No fewer than 27 guests at a wedding have been reported kidnapped by gunmen along Wukari-Takum road in Taraba State.

Shiban Tikari, the chairman of Takum Local Government Area, confirmed that the 27 were abducted while returning to Takum, adding, however, that no contact had been established between the abductors and the family of the abductees.

Daily Independent reported that the council Chair further disclosed that security operatives, as well as the youths of the area, had been combing bushes along that axis in search of the 27.

DSP David Misal, spokesman of the state police command, confirmed the incident.
Said Misal in a text message: “we confirmed that they are missing but not establish either kidnapped or otherwise. Investigation has commenced”.