Hassan Mijinyawa, the Chief Press Secretary to Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has been kidnapped.
Mr Mijinyawa was abducted by unknown gunmen along Bali-Gashaka-Gembu highway on Wednesday morning.
Among those kidnapped alongside the CPS is a foreigner whose nationality remains unknown as at press time.
Taraba Police Commissioner, David Akinremi, confirmed the incident, saying that the search for the victims had begun.
Wife of the kidnapped spokesperson, Sekina Mijinyawa, also confirmed the abduction to journalists.
She said her husband left home for Gembu in Sardauna local government area at about 7:00am, and was kidnapped thereafter.
“He was on his way to the Mambilla Plateau to join his principal, Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku, who is on campaign tour of the area.
“He left in a Press Crew bus and I learnt he was kidnapped alongside a government official with whom he was driving in the Press Crew bus.
“I want to appeal to the kidnappers to temper justice with mercy and release my husband unhurt,” she said.
An escapee, Yusuf Garba, said the foreigner was on his way to one of the Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDP) camp when he was kidnapped.
