- Bishop Joseph Masin, the Nasarawa State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Nasarawa State chapter, was on Thursday kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
Bishop Joseph Masin, the Nasarawa State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Nasarawa State chapter, was on Thursday kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
Immediate past Secretary of the association, Elder Yohanna Samari, in a telephone interview with news correspondent in Lafia, the state capital, said unknown gunmen stormed the resident of the CAN Chairman at Bukan Sidi in Lafia the Nasarawa State capital and took him away to an unknown destination between 11pm on Wednesday and twelve midnight.
State Commissioner of Police Bola Longe, who confirmed the incident, said the abductors of the CAN Chairman took him away on motorcycles.
The Commissioner added that the police were on the trail of the kidnappers to ensure immediate release of the CAN Chairman unhurt.
When the correspondent contacted the family on whether the abductors has demanded ransom, one of his sons, who is also a pastor, said the kidnappers contacted them and demanded N20 million as ransom.
