A traditional ruler of Apaa-Bunu community in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Oba Adebisi Obademi, was, on Wednesday, abducted by gunmen and whisked away to an unknown destination.
Tribune Online gathered that the monarch was abducted at about 7.30 a.m. on his way to Odo-ape, a community close to his domain.
It was further learnt that the gunmen, numbering about five and suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, laid an ambush for the traditional ruler and forcefully took him away on a motorcycle.
Confirming the incident, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Emmanuel Ojukwu, said the command had been briefed, adding that his men had been deployed to rescue the monarch.
He, however, said no arrest had been made in connection with the abduction.
Speaking on the development, a former member of the House of Representatives from the area, Honourable Duro Meseko, condemned the act, saying it was barbaric.
Meseko, who is also a senior special assistant to the state governor, Idris Wada, raised the alarm over the rising cases of kidnapping in the area, charging the security agencies in the state to rise to the situation.
