The journalist, Amra Ahmed Diska, is the News Editor with Adamawa State Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Some gunmen have abducted a female journalist who is a nursing mother from her resident on the outskirts of Yola, the capital of Adamawa State.
The journalist, Amra Ahmed Diska, is the News Editor with Adamawa State Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), located in Mbamba community in Yola.
It was learnt that about 15 gunmen stormed the residence of the victim in the early hours of Tuesday and forcefully took her away, leaving behind her six-month-old baby.
The kidnappers upon their arrival into the residence broke the sitting room door and gained access into the bedroom, demanding to see the victim’s husband.
Findings revealed that the assailants, who seemed to have targeted Amra’s husband, abducted her when they could not find the man.
“It appears the gunmen came with the aim of kidnapping the husband of the journalist. But since they didn’t meet him, they decided to kidnap the nursing mother,” a source said.
The spokesman for Adamawa State Police Command, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident, saying the journalist was abducted from her husband’s house at Mbamba between 1:00am and 2:00am.
He said the police operatives had been dispatched to track down the kidnappers and bring them to justice, expressing confidence that the victim would be rescued.
Sources close to the victim said the abductors had not yet made any demand for ransom as at the time of filing this report.