Kidnappers unrelenting, abduct Taraba Permanent Secretary

Mrs. Susana Jonathan, the Permanent Secretary in the Taraba State Ministry of Water Resources, has been abducted by unknown gunmen.

Mrs. Jonathan was allegedly abducted from her home at ATC in Jalingo, the state capital, at about 2:17am, on Sunday.

The news came barely five days after the Deputy Registrar of the Taraba State University, Jalingo, Mr. Sanusi Sa’ad, was kidnapped in the university’s quarters, a few meters from the house of the abducted permanent secretary.

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Residents said the gunmen stormed the house and shot sporadically into the air before taking her away to an unknown destination.

The Taraba State Police Public Relations Officer, David Misal, a Deputy Superintended of Police (DSP), said no complaint had been lodged by Mrs Jonathan’s family.

DSP Misal said: “From the intelligence report we have received, the woman is nowhere to be found, but we are yet to receive any official report regarding the incident.

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