BREAKING: Gunmen Abduct Popular Monarch (Photo)

BREAKING: Gunmen Abduct Popular Monarch (Photo)

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped Plateau State’s first-class traditional ruler, Agwom Izere His Royal Highness Dr. Isaac Azi Wakili.

He was kidnapped at his palace in Jos East Local Government’s Angware area.

According to sources close to the Palace in Angware, the assailants stormed the palace around 3 a.m. on Friday, shooting sporadically and engaging the palace’s security personnel.

Even as the gunmen overpowered them and took away the supreme ruler, two security officers were injured to varying degrees.

DSP Alfred Alabo, the Plateau State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the traditional ruler’s kidnapping and the officers’ injuries.

DSP Alabo stated that a tactical team has been sent to Izere land to find the kidnapped monarch.