Gunmen kidnap varsity lecturer, attack businessman in Taraba
Gunmen have kidnapped a lecturer from Taraba State University and attacked a businessman along the Chinkai–Kente–Wukari road in Taraba State.
The incident happened on Thursday night around 8:30 p.m.
This was revealed in a post by security analyst Zagazola Makama on Friday on X.
According to the post, the victims were travelling from Abuja to Jalingo when they were ambushed between Janda-Ikula and Ikyior villages in Wukari Local Government Area.
Makama revealed that the gunmen, said to be four in number, stopped the vehicle by shooting at its front tyres.
“They were armed with a gun and three cutlasses.
“One of the victims, Mr Emmanuel Haggai Bibinu, a 42-year-old businessman and his friend, Engineer Joshua Saleh, a 38-year-old lecturer at Taraba State University, were forced out of the car and marched into the bush,” Makama wrote.
Bibinu further explained that the attackers stole his Samsung Galaxy G10 phone, said to be worth ₦1.7 million, and ₦83,000 in cash.
He later escaped and ran to Ikyior village, where a local hunter helped him and took him to the police.
Gunmen kidnap varsity lecturer, attack businessman in Taraba
