Bandits abduct, kill father of Nasarawa ex-attorney general

.Council bans motorcyclists, tricyclists from nighttime operations

Armed bandits person reportedly killed Comrade Daniel Umaru Lagi, the begetter of erstwhile Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice successful Nasarawa State, Innocent Lagi, a fewer days aft his abduction.

The deceased was kidnapped connected Tuesday, May 28, astatine astir 7:20 p.m., successful Wamba.
Confirming the incident, a household member, who pleaded anonymity, said bandits kidnapped the 82-year-old husbandman adjacent his residence, and 2 different persons.

The 2 escaped portion the kidnappers slept but Lagi could not due to the fact that of his aged property and the implicit 10-hour trek they were subjected to successful the dense rainfall that fell that night.

One of the escaped victims explained that astatine a constituent Lagi could not locomotion and had to beryllium carried from Wamba to Nasarawa Eggon wherever they were kept.

He said the kidnappers, who are chiefly of Fulani extraction, demanded a N10 cardinal ransom to merchandise the aged man. But aft negotiations, they agreed to instrumentality N2 million.

He said: “We agreed to wage N2 cardinal and sent immoderate radical to Nasarawa Eggon that night. In the process, we wanted to beryllium definite Baba was alive. So, we demanded to perceive from him. But the abductors said helium was truthful sick and could not talk.

“We concluded helium mightiness person died and did not proceed with payment. The pursuing day, immoderate vigilante groups were deployed to comb the area. There they recovered his already decaying corpse with wounds.”

Meanwhile, Lafia Local Council assembly has banned motorcycles and tricycles from operating betwixt 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

The Guardian learned that the prohibition was arsenic a effect of upsurge successful insecurity wrong and astir Lafia, the authorities capital.

Chairman of the council, Aminu Maifata, gave the directive yesterday, aft an expanded information gathering successful the area.
The regularisation took effect from Monday, June 3.