How Daredevil Gunmen Abducted A University Lecturer In Taraba

Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted 38-year-old Engineer Joshua Saleh, a lecturer at Taraba State University.

Saleh was kidnapped along the Chinkai–Kente–Wukari highway while travelling from Abuja to Jalingo. 

The incident occurred on Thursday, July 31 at about 8:30 p.m. between Janda-Ikula and Ikyior communities in Wukari Local Government Area. 

The sources said that the incident was reported by a local hunter, who accompanied one of the victims, Mr Emmanuel Haggai Bibinu, a 42-year-old businessman of Ichen ethnic group, to file the complaint. 

Bibinu told security personnel that he and the abducted victim, identified as Engineer Joshua Saleh, a 38-year-old lecturer at Taraba State University, were attacked by four armed hoodlums while travelling in a private vehicle. 

He said the assailants, armed with a gun and three cutlasses, fired at the front tyres of their vehicle, forcing them to stop.

They were then dispossessed of valuables, including a Samsung Galaxy G10 phone worth N1.7 million and N83,000 in cash. 

The attackers subsequently marched both victims into the bush. 

Bibinu managed to escape and ran to Ikyior village, where he was rescued by the hunter, who later took him to the police station.