Adamawa State Lawmaker Kidnaped By Gunmen

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the member representing Toungo Counstituency in the Adamawa House of Assembly, Alhaji Adamu Usman. Usman was kidnapped by the gunmen who stormed his residence at Kofare Ward of Yola around midnight on Friday.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Adamawa Police Command, Mr Othman Abubakar, said the lawmaker was taken away at gunpoint. He however said that the police were investigating the incident.

Usman is one of the only two members of Adamawa Assembly who won their re-election to the house for a second term after defecting from PDP to APC in the just-concluded general elections. The incident brings to three the number of kidnapping recorded in the state within six months.