Twenty persons, including a police officer, have been kidnapped in Pupuple town, Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba State by terrorists.
The victims were abducted by the gunmen who invaded the village at about 2 am earlier today.
Eye-witnesses say the gunmen shot sporadically in different directions and took away victims, including a Chief identified as Umaru Nyala, his Police orderly, religious leaders, and a pregnant woman.
Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Taraba State Police Command, Abdullahi Usman, noted that the command was investigating to gain more facts before issuing an official statement.
Earlier this month, residents of the community decried the rate of kidnapping in the community following the abduction of six persons yesterday in October.
The abduction came a few days after a Police Inspector was abducted from his farm in the Kurmi Local Council of the state.
The residents, who said they could no longer sleep with their two eyes closed, called on the state government to deploy more security operatives to the area.
They also called on the state government to support the security agencies with logistics that would enable them to stamp out kidnappers, armed bandits and other hoodlums that have been making life difficult for the people of the council and the state as a whole.
