According to the Sokoto State Police Command, an investigation into the kidnapping of a businessman in the state’s Tambuwal Local Government Area, Mr. Paul Ndubuisi, has started.
Speaking as he confirmed the kidnapping, ASP Ahmed Rufa’i, the command’s spokesman, stated that the victim was taken by the alleged gunmen on Saturday night following intermittent gunfire into the air.
He did, however, reassure that a thorough inquiry has been ordered by the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Ali Kaigama, and that the command is monitoring the issue.
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The Commissioner of Police has directed a thorough inquiry into the case, which will identify the kidnappers, and the command is keeping a close eye on the issue.
“Mr. Paul Ndubisi-Okula, an Igbo businessman, was abducted by unknown gunmen on Saturday evening (27/01/202) around 8 pm in Tambuwal, Sokoto, in his shop,” according to a source who spoke with our correspondent about the event.
“They went to kidnap Papa Okula, the father, but they left with his son when they could not see him.”
But the source said that more people were becoming victims every day and urged the government to give the protection of people and property more serious consideration.