Nguroje constituency

A Taraba State House of Assembly, Bashir Bape was kidnapped by Gunmen on Tuesday. He is the lawmaker representing Nguroje constituency in Taraba state house of Assembly.

Report said that Mr Bape was kidnapped Tuesday night in his residence in Jalingo, the state capital.

A member of his household who spoke on the incident said: ‘The gunmen who came in numbers overpowered the vigilantes guarding the house and went straight to his sleeping room.

‘They whisked him away, and on leaving the scene, they shot into the air to scare us.’

Witnesses said the gunmen rode to the area in …