Wife and son of a security detail of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have been abducted in Yola, Adamawa State, Police have confirmed.
The incident, it was gathered, took place on Monday night in Yolde-Pate, Yola.
“The kidnappers believed that the police personnel, being so close to Atiku, would have money; so they went for him but took his wife and son when they did not find him,” a source told The Nation.
The security detail is believed to be in town with Atiku.
Adamawa police spokesperson Suleiman Nguroje confirmed the abduction, assuring that the police would do everything to free the victims and bring the culprits to book.
