APC primaries: Female aspirant abducted on election day in Plateau
The All Progressive Congress (APC) House of Assembly aspirant eyeing the ticket of Qua’an Pan South State Constituency of Plateau in the 2023 general elections, Hon. Na’anyil Magdalene Dakogol, has been kidnapped.
The spokesperson of the Plateau Police Command, Ubah Gabriel, confirmed the development, saying the Commissioner of Police had sent tactical team to rescue the victim.
Hon. Madalene was kidnapped on the day her party conducted the primaries.
Na’anyil, who is the only female aspirant of the APC in the race, was on her way to meet with delegates of the party ahead of the primaries scheduled for Kwalla town of Qua’an Pan LGA of the state, when she was abducted.
A source from the area said, “The Honourable was to see a delegate on Wednesday but they gave her 5:30 am of Thursday for her to meet them. She left alongside her brother to Goeragas and they could not locate the house, her brother came down of the car and went into the community to make inquiry.
“He left her inside the car, but to his greatest shock did not see her when he came back. Her phones were all inside the car but he could not see her,” the source said. (Daily Trust)
