BREAKING: Gunmen Kidnap Plateau Monarch

Residents of Panyam community, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State scampered away as no fewer than 20 bandits attacked the palace of the traditional ruler, His Royal Highness, Aminu Derwan in the early hours of Monday.

They gunmen who shot sporadically to chase away residents, abducted the district head of Panyam.

confirming this, a resident of the community, Moses Garuba said, “It was last night around midnight that the bandits, who were more than 20 and heavily armed, surrounded the district head’s palace in Panyam.

“Because his house was not fenced, some villagers who saw how his house was surrounded by strange people alerted other members of the community through a community bell. But immediately the bandits heard the bell, they started firing gunshots and eventually went away with the traditional ruler, leaving the community helpless.”

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Some residents, who condemned the attack said that the incident had been reported to the police division in the locality.

The spokesman for state police Command, Alabo Alfred, could not be reached when contacted on the incident as his mobile phones were switched off.