The police in Nasarawa State, on Saturday, disclosed that two Chinese attached to West African Polaris Investment were kidnapped in Agada village in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Ismail Noman, revealed the development to Journalists in Lafia.
According to the report, the victims, XJieng AI Jung (50), and Wenso Ping (45), were ambushed on their way to Abuja by unknown men armed with sophisticated weapons, about 2.28pm.
The gunmen were still at large at the time of report though, the police had begun investigation to track them.
The PPRO confirmed that security operatives, in collaboration with vigilance groups, local hunters and community leaders, were involved in the search.
Noman also stated that the security operatives had been deployed in the forests and bushes around the area to arrest the suspects and rescue the victims, adding that, “The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq-Bello, has directed that the search operation team should do everything possible to ensure that the victims are rescued”.
As part of effort to find the victims, Noman disclosed that the police had also increased stop and search activities across the state borders.
He urged the people Nasarawa state to be law-abiding, respect constituted authority and report any suspected person(s) in their domain to any nearest police station.
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