Nasarawa State Police have confirmed the abduction of Mary Enwongulu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwanga/Nasarawa Eggon/Wamba Federal Constituency, in the 2015 general elections.
Ismaila Umar-Numan, the state Police Public Relations Officer is now reporting that Enwongulu was abducted in the early hours of Wednesday.
Mr. Umar-Numan says: “We have received information this morning that Mary Enwongulu has been kidnapped and we immediately mobilized our men to make sure that they rescued her from the hand of the abductors. It is true that she has been kidnapped. We will make sure that police rescue her from the hand of the abductors. The issue is not even whether her abductors had demanded for ransom or not".
He has declared that an investigation is being carried out and is calling on members of the public to give any useful information that may aid in rescuing her.
Also speaking on the abduction, Ms. Enwongulu's personal assistant says that the hoodlums came to the house by 2a.m. and abducted her. In her own words: “I was with her in the house when the abductors came in to the house around 2a.m. and I pleaded with them to leave her but they went away with her".
Speaking on the event as well, Joel Tanko, her security guard says that he ran for safety when he heard gun shots outside the gate house. “I was at the gate when I heard gun shots around 2a.m. outside the gate and I have to run and hide for my safety within the house”, he said.
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