Unknown gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, Mr Emmanuel Adeniyi in Zamfara State.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the abducted senior police officer was attached to the state police command in charge of Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
The ACP was reported to have been kidnapped while driving along Dandume/Birnin Gwari road (Katsina/Kaduna) road on his way back to Gusau the capital of Zamfara state.
A principal officer attached to state command of the Criminal Investigation Department who spoke on the condition of anonymity confirmed the incidence and said as at the time he was speaking, the gunmen did not yet demand ransom.
It could be recalled that early this month, three police officers including Assistant Superintendent of police, a sergeant and one corporal were kidnapped by armed bandits from a police post of Keta town under Tsafe local government area of the state, but later been released after a joint intervention by the state government and the state police command.
A similar incident also recently occurred in Tsafe local government headquarters when gunmen besieged the local head office of the Federal Road Safety, killing an officer named Mubarak.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Zamfara Mr Shaba Alkali who confirmed the incident to newsmen said investigations have commenced while assuring the public that the police officer will be freed soon.