The District Head of Vwang in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, Da Gyang Balak Gut, has been abducted by yet to be identified gunmen.
Mr Gut, who is the Da Gwom Rwei of Vwang, was reportedly accosted
by armed men on Sunday night while returning home in Vom, a few
metres to the entrance of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic
Studies (NIPSS).
He was subsequently taken away to an unknown destination and no one
has caught wind of who the attackers were and if they would be making
demands as has become in practice in recent times.
The spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, Gabriel Ubah,
while confirming the incident, stated that the Commissioner of Police,
Bartholomew Onyeka, and senior police officers have visited the scene
and mobilised security personnel to trail the abductors with instructions
to rescue the paramount ruler unhurt.
The abduction of the Gwom Rwei is coming barely a month after the
kidnapping of another traditional ruler in the state, Charles Mato Dakat.
However, Dakat, who is the paramount ruler of Gindir in Mangu Local
Government Area was released five days after his abduction.
