The district head of Panyam, in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Aminu Derwan, was kidnapped in the early hours of Monday.
About 20 gunmen stormed the community, fired gunshots to scare residents away and made away with the district head.
A resident of Panyam, Moses Garuba, revealed that the bandits came at midnight, adding that more than 20 and heavily armed men surrounded the district head’s palace.
“Because his house was not fenced, some villagers who saw how his house was surrounded by strange people alerted other members of the community through a community bell. But immediately the bandits heard the bell, they started firing gunshots and eventually went away with the traditional ruler, leaving the community helpless.”
Some residents said the incident had been reported to the police division in the locality
