Emerging report indicates that gunmen have shot the Commissioner for Environment in Kogi State, Adewale Omofaiye, kidnapping some other persons from the scene of the crime.
According to sources, the attackers had laid an ambush for the Commissioner before he was shot.
The incident occurred on Sunday evening, between Ikoyi and Iyara, in Ijumu Local Government Area, while the Commissioner was in transit.
He was on his way to Lokoja, the State capital, when the gunmen opened fire on his vehicle, and a bullet hit him in the leg.
Although, the Commissioner escaped being kidnapped, an Eyewitness said that the gunmen abducted some other road users, and took them into a nearby bush.
He is however, reported to be in a stable condition.
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, William Ayah, stated that the Command has not been briefed about the incident.
Nonetheless, the Chairman of Ijumu Local Government Area, Isah Taufiq, has reportedly mobilised local Vigilantes and Hunters in search of those that were kidnapped by the gunmen.
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