Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Barr. Bashir Mohammed, the member representing Nguroje Constituency in the Taraba House of Assembly.
The lawmaker who is Chairman House Committee on Information was picked up from his residence behind Dr Jalo Eid prayer ground in Jalingo at about 1:45 am.
Mohammed reportedly alerted the security operatives on noticing suspicious movements around his house but they arrived late.
“They invaded the house around 12am and he (Mohammed) called the police immediately on sensing danger but it took the police over an hour to arrive.
“The gunmen, who shot sporadically, operated in the area for over an hour before taking him to custody at about 1am,” the aide said.
Mohammed is the second member of the Taraba House of Assembly to be kidnapped by gunmen.
The first was a former member representing Takum I constituency, late Hosea Ibi.
Ibi, who was kidnapped on December 31, 2017 at Takum, was killed by his abductors after collecting ransom running into several millions of naira.
