Senator Abbo’s uncle killed, his stepmother kidnapped in Adamawa

The Adamawa state police command has confirmed the killing of an uncle of Elisha Abbo, the senator representing Adamawa north, on Saturday in the state.

Suleiman Yahaya, the command spokesman, also revealed that the senator’s step mother was abducted.

Yahaya said the incident occurred around 3am on Saturday at Abbo’s family house in Muchalla village, Mubi north local government area.

He explained that the abductors were taking away the step mother identified as Rifkatu when Abbo’s uncle came out of his house nearby and raised the alarm and was immediately shot dead.

The command’s spokesman said the identity of Abbo’s uncle would be released later.

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“Our men from the inspector-general of police team are after them,” Yahaya said.

He also said Emmanuel Piridimso, permanent secretary of Adamawa ministry of mineral resources, who was abducted on Wednesday, was released on Friday.

“The kidnappers realised that we were closing up on them and have since released the man; he was released on Friday,” Yahaya said.

He called for public support to the police and other security agencies to effectively tackle crime in the state.

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