Boko Haram abducts Adamawa LG vice-chairman

The Adamawa State Police Command on Wednesday said that the   Vice-Chairman of the Hong Local Government Area, Bijida Yakubu, was abducted last week by suspected Boko Haram fighters.

The Public Relations Officer of the command,   Othman Abubakar, also told   the News Agency of Nigeria, that three vigilante members, that were with Yakubu, lost their lives in the encounter.

Abubakar, who did not give details, however, said policemen investigating the incident had so far recovered the vice-chairman’s shoes.

The abduction was said to have been carried out by Boko Haram members who attacked Gayafa village.

A resident of Hong, who simply identified himself as Hussaini, said, “You know insurgents attacked the village last week. The vice-chairman, who hails from the village, was on an assessment visit with some hunters when the insurgents attacked and over-powered them.”

“About seven insurgents were killed in the encounter before they overpowered the hunters and took away the vice-chairman.”

Hussaini claimed that the abducted vice- chairman was later allowed by his captors to call his wife with his cell phone before the device was switched off.

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