Gunmen have abducted a member of the Taraba State House of Assembly Barr Bashir Muhammad Bape from his house in Jalingo.
Bape, who represents Nguroje constituency in the state assembly, was picked around 1am on Wednesday from his residence around Nana Aisha area of Jalingo.
“We couldn’t sleep last night, heavy gunshots started about 1:10am to 1:45. They left with him unchallenged, ” a resident Yakubu Muhammad told Dateline Nigeria.
The spokesman of the Taraba State Police Command David Misal could not be reached.