Gunmen abduct Yahaya Bello’s aide

Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped Kabiru Onyene, an aide to the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello. 

According to reports, Onyene was abducted around 7.05pm on Monday, Dec. 9, when gunmen stormed his business place, in Okene, Kogi State, shooting sporadically before forcefully taking him to an unknown destination. 

Onyene was reportedly hanging out in his restaurant, “Nahaziyat”, located few metres to the palace of late Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, HRM Ado Ibrahim, when his abductors struck. 

A by-stander was said to have been shot in the process, with his fate hanging in the balance. 

An eyewitness said: “Suddenly, around 7.05 pm on Monday, we started hearing staccato of sound ,which many of us took it as knock-out sound from fun seekers heralding the yuletide period. 

“But when we saw several people running in different directions to avoid being caught up in stray bullets, it became clearer that it was a sound of gun shots, not knock out, as we thought initially. 

“Few minutes after, news started making the rounds that the gunmen invaded kabiru’s office and they left with him. 

“It baffled most of us that his abductors took him away; because the place of the incident is just about 200metre to where the soldiers mounted their road block around the ex-governor’s house. 

“A yet-to-be-identified person was said to have been shot in the process, but I cannot ascertain the condition of the victim yet, whether he is alive or dead.” 

“My dear brother, Hon Kabiru Onyene, has been abducted from his office this evening. We urgently seek your prayers for his safe return. 

“May Allah SWT protect him from harm, guide the authorities to locate him swiftly, and reunite him with his loved ones,” a friend wrote on his social media account.