Yusuf Rahimat Clara reporting
Gunmen attacked one of the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Benue state, Mr Terwase Orbunde, on Friday and abducted his wife and house help.
Orbunde was the Chief of Staff to Gov. Samuel Ortom and a gubernatorial aspirant in the 2023 election.
Truth Live News learnt that Orbunde escaped the kidnappers with a gunshot wound in his right arm from the attack.
Police spokesperson in Benue, SP Sewuese Anene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the gunmen attacked Orbunde and members of his household in the Benue capital as they were returning from the farm.
She said Orbunde reported the attack to the police which dispatched a team of detectives to the scene of the assault and recovered the politician’s car.
Anene assured that the assailants would be tracked and arrested and the victims will be rescued.
Eyewitnesses said Orbunde, his wife and the house help had gone to inspect the weeding of their farm located close to the road.
After paying the workers, five gunmen attacked them and ordered their victims to follow them to an unknown destination, but discarded bleeding Orbunde who was too slow to keep pace.
More to follow…