Gunmen on Thursday attacked the home of the Speaker of the Adamawa House of Assembly, Hon. Aminu Iya-Abass, and abducted two of his family members.
According to reports, the gunmen, who attacked the Speaker’s home, located at Mbamba, also killed a member of vigilante group.
Spokesperson of Adamawa Police Command, Suleiman Nguroje who confirmed the incident said;
“Yesterday (referring to Thursday), a certain house was attacked by unknown gunmen who killed a vigilante and went away with two persons from the residence.
“Our people got to the residence around 4 am to halt the operations of the gunmen, at that material time what mattered to them was to rescue the two persons that were abducted by the gunmen and not who owns the house.”
Nguroje said the state Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adeyanju have deployed police detectives who are on the trail of the gunmen.