by Yerindideke Kindness Ayibakuro
Alhaji Wakili Damina, Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi State has been abducted by unknown armed men.
The State Secretary of MACBAN, Mr Adamu Abubakar, made this known to newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday that Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage.
Tarakiri voice newspaper reports that according to eye witness, the abductors, numbering about eight, came in a white bus at about 12 noon to “forcefully” take away the Chairman from his house at Chikara village, Kogi Local Government.
Abubakar said that he was informed of the incident about an hour later by the younger brother of Damina who claimed he witnessed the incident.
The Secretary said he immediately called the phone number of the missing Chairman, but it rang out.
He said that Damina’s number was later switched off after he repeatedly called the number.
“Since then, his lines are not reachable and all efforts to know his whereabouts proved abortive,” he said.
Abubakar said that he immediately notified the state Commissioner of police of the development, adding that the state government was also informed through the Special Adviser on security matters to the governor, Mr Jerry Omodara.
Tarakiri voice newspaper reports that a search party raised by MACBAN in search of Damina across different places.
