~ The Mopol was mistaken for a rich man – Residents
Gunmen have on Saturday kidnapped a Mobile Policeman attached to operation Farauta whom they mistook as a rich man in Tike area of Mayo Belwa local government of Adamawa State.
The policeman according to sources was a resident of Mubi but deployed to Mayo Belwa local government for special operations to tackle kidnapping which has become rampant in the area.
Operation Farauta is a joint team comprising of police, soldiers and local hunters formed in Adamawa State to arrest rising spate of kidnapping, activities of the dreaded Shilla boys and other violent crimes.
Mayo Belwa and neighbouring local governments have seen heightened activities of kidnappers in recent years making the senator representing Adamawa South, Binos Dauda Yaroe to raise his voice against kidnapping earlier this year on the floor of the senate.
The gunmen who stormed the area at about 7:00pm in a convoy of motorcycles were on the prowl of a rich man in the area called Idi Bage, sources told this medium.
“The man whom the gunmen were looking for owned a mansion beside the Mayo Belwa-Jalingo highway.
“Bage was a man known for sartorial splendour as he always dressed immaculately.
“Luckily for him on that fateful day, he did not dressed elegantly as he is used to as he has changed into casual local dress.
“Unfortunately, the MOPOL who wore expensive looking flowing gown in celebration of Christmas was mistaken for the rich man,” our source said.
Efforts to contact the spokesman of Adamawa State police command DSP Sulaiman Nguroje did not yield result as he did not pick calls directed to his mobile phone number.
