Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Dr. Monday Hassan Zitta, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Plateau State University chapter, alongside a former governorship aspirant in the 2019 election, Nkemi Nicholas Nshe.

The incident happened in Shendam, in the early hours of Saturday, Jan 1. 

A source from the ASUU secretariat, who confirmed the kidnap of the ASUU boss, described the security situation in the country as “unacceptable.”

A spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, Ubah Ogaba, said that security operatives have been deployed to rescue the victims.