Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku narrowly escaped being kidnapped by a heavily armed men who stormed his residence on Saturday, leaving three security operatives badly injured.
The suspected kidnappers stormed his residence at about 7.50 on Saturday night in Ola, Akwanga Local Government Council of Nasarawa State.
According to information made available to CAPITAL POST on Sunday, it said the suspected kidnappers upon their arrival at Maku’s residence, began to shoot sporadically into the air and people who were close to the residence scampered for safety, while the gunmen forced their way into the house.
A victim who is a security operative and badly injured due to gun shots explained that the kidnappers spoke Hausa while banging on the security gate to be opened, but as no one opens the gate, they scaled through the fence of the house and accessed the compound.
He said, “The situation was really a terrible one. They came in their numbers and started knocking on the gate while speaking Hausa, but when we observed that they had strange faces, we refused to open the gate for them.
“Because of our refusal to open the gate, they started shooting and later jumped the fence into the compound, and we were injured while making efforts to handle the situation.”
Speaking on the incident, the former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, lamented that it was the third time in one month that bandits attacked his residence.
He said, “You will remember that they invaded my father’s compound at Wakama and kidnapped three of my siblings about a month ago.
“The other time, they killed two of my elder brother’s children right at the residential house.
“What happened today shows clearly that our state is under siege. It took the intervention of the Army and the police deployed to Akwanga, who immediately rushed to my residence to assist us. On sighting the army, the bandits fled into the bush.”
