Gunmen have kidnapped Former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Onje Gye-Wado in his country home, Rinza village in Wamba local government area of the state.
Gye-Wado was said to have been abducted few minutes before midnight when the kidnappers gained entrance into the compound through the fence, broke his wife’s window and whisked him to an unknown destination.
His abduction has been confirmed by Nasarawa state command of the Nigeria Police with an assurance by Commissioner of Police, CP Maiyaki Baba that Gye-Wado would be rescued.
The former Deputy Governor served under the administration of the current National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, between 1999 and 2003.