Mr Danlami Yunana was kidnapped in the early hours of Wednesday in the Magami area of Jalingo by the gunmen who whisked him away to an unknown destination.

Blessing Samuel, a relation of the abducted victim who witnessed the incident, narrated her ordeal .

Blessing explained  that the assailants came in a large number and asked the family members to open the door, but they refused to do so.

She stressed  that the armed men forced the door open by shooting at it and after gaining access to the house, they asked for money, searched the house, got hold of the victim and left.

Another family member who pleaded anonymity infirmed that the kidnappers have since contacted them and demanded N50 million as ransom.

But, the Public Relations Officer of the Taraba State Police Command, David Misal, said the case has yet to be reported to him.

Yunana’s abduction, as learnt is the third in the series of kidnappings that have taken place in Magami in the last two weeks.

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Mrs Florence Yaakugh, the Coordinator of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) in Taraba, confirmed this on Friday.

Yaakugh hinted  that the suspects were handed over to the police and other security operatives for further investigation after they were discovered at the camp in Jalingo, the state capital.

She further informed  that the three persons were prospective batch B corps members who were caught with fake documents by the verification officer.

She identified the suspects as Nasiru Yau, who claimed to have studied Mass Communication, Shehu Murktar – Computer Science and Illiyasu Usman – sociology, all from the Isfop University of Kotonu in the Republic of Benin.

“They came for registration and the verification officer discovered them with fake certificates and verification papers”.

“If you will recall, the Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shauibu Ibrahim had recently expressed deep concern over the activities of fake corps members who cannot make a correct sentence in the English Language.

“He (Ibrahim) directed us to check and fish out such persons and hand them over to the security operatives for further investigation and this is what we are just doing”, said the NYSC coordinator.

Yaakugh disclosed that  preliminary investigation revealed that the persons involved cannot write or say anything logical about their courses of study.

She urged the security operatives to do a thorough job to ensure facts were uncovered and justice was done to the affected persons.

The NYSC coordinator said there was a similar case involving a female corps member, also a foreign student but the verification officer has yet to conclude internal investigation into her case.

In their  various reactions, the suspects claimed to have graduated from the institution but admitted to forging their verification papers.

Yau said, “I gained admission through an agent and graduated but when he came to Nigeria for computer verification, they disqualified him on the grounds that he forged the verification paper to enable him go to the camp.

On his part, Murktar explained that he collected the verification paper from his friends and photocopied, then filled in his information.

The third suspect, Usman said he sent some people working at the computer centre to get his verification paper for him, adding that he thought it was real.

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The missionary with Peculiar Treasure Mission was abducted at 1:51 am on Tuesday.

This was after the kidnappers shot into the air to scare residents of the area.

According to his relative, he narrated that Twentia was sleeping in his hut when the hoodlums picked him up and took him to an unknown destination, adding that the hoodlums are yet to contact the family for ransom or any condition to be met for his release.

The Taraba State police public relations officer, David Misal in reaction to the incident said the case is yet to be reported to his desk.

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This is revealed in a memorandum issued by the school management instructing that all students activities have been suspended and also asking the students to vacate their hostels before 9:00AM on Friday 26th April 2019 .

The students, as reliably gathered  are complying with the instruction as they were seen carrying their luggages and vacating the hostels.

Some of the students also described the order as  unfortunate, unfair and unexpected as it will affect their academic calendar badly.

They said the  nationwide strike action by ASUU was more than a nightmare, the current internal strike action by ASUU Taraba state university chapter is a drawback and now the order to vacate their hostels is demeaning and should be resolved with immediate effect to avoid prolonged strike action.

The students, however appealed to the authorities concerned to do the needful in order for them to resume school activities, just as they pointed out that their future in the school is at stake.

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