The Plateau State Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed the abduction of a female aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC).
The female aspirant, Hon. Na’anyil Magdalene Dakogol, was aspiring to represent Qua’an Pan South State Constituency of Plateau in the 2023 general elections.
The spokesperson of the Plateau Police Command, Ubah Gabriel, who confirmed the kidnapping in a statement, said the commissioner of police had sent a tactical team to rescue the victim.
According to him, Hon. Madalene was kidnapped on the day her party conducted the primaries.
It said 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.
Madalene said, “The Honourable was to see some delegates on Wednesday but they gave her 5:30 am on Thursday to meet them. She left alongside her brother to Goeragas and they could not locate the house, her brother came down from the car and went into the community to make an 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,” he said.
