No fewer than 25 youths have been declared missing along Wukari – Takum Road in what seems to be an act of kidnapping.
The incident which happened at about 6pm on Wednesday , according to sources , happened when the youths were on their way back to Takum from Wukari where they had attended a marriage ceremony .
A source in Wukari told our correspondent on the phone that the youths ran into a roadblock mounted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers .
The victims who were travelling in a commercial bus ran into the roadblock between Amadu and Chanchanji before they were taken into the bush by the gunmen .
Taraba State Police Command’ s spokesman, DSP David Misal confirmed the incident.
Misal said the Command was yet to established exactly what happened , but an investigation was ongoing.