The Benue state Police Command, on Tuesday, confirmed the kidnap of an octogenarian and father of business mogul in Benue State, Pa Atser Kyausu.
This is the second time Pa Kyausu who is father of Makurdi-based oil businessman, popularly known as Kyabiz, would be kidnapped.
He was first abducted two years ago at his residence in Vandeikya Local Government Area by some gunmen and rescued by the police.
The police had disclosed that the octogenarian was again kidnapped in his home in Vandeikya LGA on December 28, 2017.
The Benue State Command Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Moses Yamu, who confirmed the incident, said the gunmen stormed the house of the victim in a red Toyota car on December 28, 2017.
According to the PPRO, Pa Kyausu was bunddled into the vehicle and driven away on the 28 December, and since then, his whereabouts has remained unknown.
He added that the gunmen had yet to contact the family or make their demands for ransom, even as he said security operatives were already on the trail of the kidnappers.
It would be recalled that the octogenarian was first kidnapped in 2015 at the same residence in Vandeikya, but was rescued in Kwande LGA.
The leader of the kidnap gang, who was wounded during the rescue operation in a gun duel with the police, was paraded but later died; while three other members of the gang who were paraded with him were charged to court and remanded in Makurdi prison.
The rescue team was led by the then late Special Adviser to the Governor, Mr. Denen Igbana, who was subsequently murdered in his house in Makurdi.
