Two Chinese Abducted By Unknown Gunmen In Nasarawa

The Nasarawa state police command says two Chinese attached to West African Polaris Investment have been kidnapped in Agada village, Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer Ismail Noman disclosed on Saturday in Lafia that, XJieng AI Jung, 50 and Wenso Ping, 45, were ambushed by unknown gunmen at about 2.28p.m. on the their way to Abuja.


He said that although the gunmen, wielding sophisticated weapons, were still at large, the police had begun investigation to track them. According to him, security operatives in collaboration with vigilante groups, local hunters and community leaders have also been involved in the search of the victims. He said security operatives had been deployed in to the forests and bush around the area to arrest the suspects and rescue the victims. “The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq-Bello, has directed that the search operation team should do everything possible to ensure that the victims are rescued,’’ he said.