Bandits kidnap former Taraba LG Vice Chairman

The former Vice Chairman of Yorro Local Government Council, in Taraba State, Ishaya Dimas Dila, has been kidnapped by bandits.

Dila and a businessman, Lawal Begwa, were kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday in Dila village, Yorro council.

The incident occurred barely a day after the kidnapped district head of Kwaji Chiefdom, Alhaji Umaru Nyala, in Yorro regained his freedom.

Some residents who spoke with our reporter said the kidnappers stormed the community in the early hours of the day and took away Dila and Begwa from their respective homes.

Confirming the abduction, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, Usman Abdullahi, said “the former vice chairman of Yorro local government council and one other person were kidnapped in Dila village in the early hours of today.”

He said the police, in collaboration with other sister security agencies, are already after the kidnappers.

He reiterated the commitment of the command to secure the release of all those that have been kidnapped across the state unhurt.