Gunmen have abducted two people, including the daughter of a High Court judge, following an attack on Maraba Gurgu community, on the outskirts of Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
According to intelligence Sources quoted by security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama on Thursday, the incident occurred on Wednesday night.
The victims were identified as Hauwa Anisa Shikaru, daughter of the Chief Judge of High Court 4, Maraba Gurgu, and one Abdulkarim Ahmed Iliyasu.
Witnesses said the armed men stormed the compound and whisked the victims away before security operatives and neighbours could intervene.
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A search party has since been mobilised by community members and security forces in an attempt to rescue the abductees and track down the perpetrators.
All efforts by First Daily correspondent to reach the State’s Commissioner of Police, Shetima Mohammed, proved abortive.