Men of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command have launched a manhunt for criminals who kidnapped an Igala prince and some hotel guests at Tungan Maje community.
The FCT police spokesperson, Mariam Yusuf, told PRNigeria that the police are on the trail of the gunmen.
She said: “Immediately, we received the information, the command launched a manhunt to apprehend the gunmen and free the victims.”
PRNigeria gathered that suspected gunmen early Thursday morning stormed Tungan Maje, a community along Zuba-Gwagwalada highway in the FCT, and abducted the owner of the hotel and guests that included some politicians.
A security source said: “What we have gathered so far is that the gunmen abducted the owner of Hilltop hotel, an Igala prince known as Frederick Adejoh, and a former legislator in Kogi State, Friday Sani Makama, alongside unspecified number of guests.
“The armed men shoot sporadically into the air to scare aware the security men on guard before kidnapping their victims.”
