GUNMEN have kidnapped a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Eyo Okon Edet in Oron local government area of Akwa Ibom state.

SUSPECTED gunmen Saturday night at Ekredjebor community of Ughelli North Local Government Area kidnapped an unnamed Businessman after several gunshots.

Armed men have abducted a seven-year-old girl in Yangoji village, Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Plateau State University (PLASU) says its security operatives repelled an attack on the campus by bandits on Tuesday night.

Suspected gunmen on Monday attacked a family travelling along the Gbongan-Osogbo road, kidnapping the wife in the process.

No fewer than eight persons were shot and killed between Saturday and Sunday in two local government areas of Riyom and Barkin Ladi of Plateau State.

Ten family members including seven women were killed in a mass shooting after unknown gunmen invaded their house on Thursday night.

There was an invasion of some communities in the Mangu local government area of Plateau State by armed men as residents call for help from security agents.

Gunmen abduct TRACE official in Ogun

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta

An official of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, Popoola Olasupo, was on Sunday abducted by yet-to-be identified persons.

It was gathered that Olasupo was kidnapped at about 6:30 am on Sunday around Eledumare-Fidiwo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Sources said the man was on his way to his duty post alongside one other member of the traffic corps when the kidnappers struck.

Vanguard reliably gathered that the police and local vigilantes are on the trail of the suspected kidnappers.

The kidnappers were said to have ambushed the men as they suddenly emerged from the bush along the highway.

All efforts to get reaction from the TRACE spokesman, Babatunde Akinbiyi, proved abortive, as he did not pick calls put across to his phone.

But, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.

According to him, the command’s anti-kidnapping squad are already after the kidnappers.

“We are combing the forest and we know that they will all be arrested. Ogun State is not a ground for criminals to settle. It is either they leave or we smoke them out of this State,” Oyeyemi stated.

Suspected gunmen have reportedly abducted a construction worker, simply identified as Mr Wale, killed him and dumped his body along the Gloryland Drive Expressway in Yenagoa, the state capital.