Kidnaper

 for gunmen who abducted 15 farmers while working on a farm in Donga local government area of Taraba state on Saturday, was however averted by youths of Suntai and adjoining villages in Donga who mobilised and rescued the farmers from their abductors.

Vanguard gathered that the farmers which comprise of 12 men and 3 women were on a group farming expedition in Donga LGA when they were picked up by the gunmen.

It was learnt that they were lined and taken along a bush path to meet another set of gunmen.

 

However, two of the kidnappers were also nabbed by the search and rescue team drawn from Suntai, in Bali LGA, and Mararaba in Donga LGA.

 

The Chief of Suntai Chiefdom, HRH Umaru Haruna, spoke to Vanguard via telephone.

 

According to him, “the farmers are residents in Suntai but they went for group farming expedition in the farm of one of their friend in Donga.

 

“While they were on the farm, the gunmen seized them and led them across the bush path to a location to meet another set of armed men where they wanted to divide those abducted.

 

“It was during this process that they fled with the three women and abandoned the 12 men when they saw that the search and