Unknown gunmen kidnapped wife and child of adavi local government chairman.

Gunmen yesterday kidnapped the wife and the two-year-old child of the Chairman of Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State, Hon. Salihu Adaviruku, at in his residence at Kuroko, demanding N50 million ransom.
We gathered that the chairman, who drove to his house after work, met the gunmen waiting at the main gate and as soon as he entered, they went with him in to the house.
It was learnt that after the kidnappers gained access into the house, they demanded for N50 million from the chairman who told them he has no money. Source said when the gunmen discovered that Adaviruku was not ready to play ball, they decided to kidnap his wife, Hasiya and her two-year-old baby.
While confirming the incident yesterday, the Police Public Relation Officer, PPRO, Mr. Timpa Rendegha, said when the state police commissioner got wind of the incident, he immediately deployed an 18-man squad to the local government to rescue the victims.
Rendegha added that though the case was not reported at any police station, he said the chairman only called the divisional police officer in the local government, who hinted the commissioner of police later who set up a search party from the headquarters.
The police spokesman said that at the scene of the incident, a Ghana-Must- Bag-Go bag containing AK47 rifle and 18 rounds of ammunition were recovered and handed over to the police.