Photo: Henry Gotip, kidnapped.
Gunmen have abducted Mr Henry Gotip, the Chairman of Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Gotip was abducted at his residence in Kwang, Jos South Local Government Area in the state capital at about 1 a.m on Wednesday.
Alfred Alabo, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP and Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the police command in the state made this known to newsmen on Wednesday in Jos.
Alabo said that the command had deployed armed men to track down the criminals and rescue the victim unhurt.
He said, ”When we received the information on the incident, the Commissioner of Police in the State, Bartholomew Onyeka, directed our armed personnel to track the men of the underworld.
“The CP has instructed our men to trail and get the victim released unhurt and possibly arrest the kidnappers.
”In fact, the instruction was that none of them will sleep until they get him out”,.
Alabo assured residents of the state that the command was doing everything possible to make Plateau a crime-free state and appealed for calm among the citizens.
He urges residents of the state to cooperate with the police in its bid to rid it of crime and criminality.
Also speaking, Maj. Ishaku Takwa, the Media Officer of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), said that military personnel were equally deployed to ensure the release of the chairman.
Takwa said that the Commander of the Operation, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, had visited the scene of the incident and assured residents that his men would arrest the culprits.
