Gunmen kidnap Nasarawa council chairman, kill orderly

<p><strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Muhammad Shehu<&sol;a>&comma; the Executive Chairman of Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State&comma; has been reportedly abducted alongside his driver by gunmen&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was abducted on Friday night&comma; May 20&comma; while travelling with his driver and police orderly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The gunmen were said to have mounted roadblocks along the Keffi-Akwanga road and shot sporadically in the air which forced them to stop their vehicle before they were kidnapped&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;2023-ill-relocate-to-sambisa-if-i-become-president-al-mustapha&sol;">2023&colon; I&&num;8217&semi;ll Relocate To Sambisa Forest If I Become President &&num;8211&semi; Al-Mustapha<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>In a bid to put the situation under control&comma; the police orderly&comma; made efforts to repel the attack but unfortunately lost his life in the process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Commissioner of Police in the state&comma; CP Adesina Soyemi confirmed the development&comma; adding that police operatives had taken over the location of the attack in order to rescue the victims and arrest the kidnappers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Police operatives are now in the area where they were kidnapped&period; We have taken over the environment and I can assure you that they would soon be rescued and the perpetrators of the act would not escape the wrath of the law&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;