LAGOS, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The kidnapped chairman of the Nigerian ruling All Progressives Congress, in central north state of Nasarawa, Philip Shekwo, has been found dead, local police said.
State Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, who confirmed this to reporters in Lafia, the state capital, said, the body of Shekwo was found not far from his house, and has been transported to the Dalhatu Araf specialist hospital.
Shekwo was kidnapped in the late hours of Saturday at his residence in Lafia.
Banditry and kidnapping are on the rise in Nigeria’s north, particularly in the north-west state of Kaduna.– NNN-AGENCIES