Suspected herdsmen have kidnapped Anthony Duke, a former councillor in Calabar South Local Government Area (LGA) of Cross River.
POLITICS NIGERIA learnt that the victim was kidnapped along Akwanga road in Nasarawa state while commuting to Abuja.
His abductors are yet to establish contacts with his family members as of the time of publishing this report.
Hon. Duke is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the CEO of Calabar Blue Marathon.
Kidnapping has become endemic in northern Nigeria. Some herdsmen and bandits – heavily armed militants, many of them ethnic Fulanis – are waging their own insurgency, killing, abducting and terrorising impoverished communities.
The lawlessness has evolved from years of conflict between farmers and herders, fuelled by economic crisis, police inaction and the authorities’ occasional refusal to intervene.
