The Police Command in Plateau has confirmed the abduction of Rev. Bung Dong at Ganawuri community, Riyom Local Government Area of the state, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Alfred Alabo, confirmed the incident to reporters in Jos, on Monday.
Reverend Bung Fon Dong is a cleric with the Chuch of Christ in Nations (COCIN), according to Sources, gunmen invaded the community around 8:30 pm on Sunday with sophisticated weapons and shot sporadically into the air.
It was gathered the gunmen forced themselves into the official residence of the cleric and abducted him at gunpoint while his wife, who was attempting to rescue him, was shot in the leg.
Reverend Dong was immediately taken away on a motorcycle while his injured wife was later taken to the nearby health center by neighbors.
It was also gathered that another set of gunmen invaded the house of Mr. James Mann, a Principal of Government Secondary School Bum in the same Ganawuri community, who is a younger brother of the Chief Justice of Plateau State Justice David Mann.
He was however lucky as a combined team of vigilantes and hunters engaged the gunmen and rescued him from the kidnappers.
The President, Atten Youths Mr. Song Moro, said the community for quite some time has been under the siege of kidnappers adding that no fewer than four persons were abducted in recent times. He also said that the captors asked for a ransom of N20 million for the cleric.
Plateau Police spokesman DSP Alfred Alabo, said the police have deployed operatives to track down the criminals and rescue the hostage.
