Breaking: Anxiety in Bayelsa as Gunmen Kidnap CommissionerYour support matters. Sustain independent journalism in Nigeria – contribute to Legit.ng. Ogbia, Bayelsa - Otokito Federal Oparmiola, the Bayelsa state commissioner for trade and commence, was on Thursday, January 20, abducted by unknown gunmen. Sahara Reporters citing Daily Sun revealed that Otokito was kidnapped by heavily armed men from his residence at Otuokpoti community in Ogbia local government area. According to sources, gunmen invaded the community at about 11 pm and fired several shots to scare people away before whisking Otokito to an unknown destination, Daily Trust added. Recommended for you “The audacity”: Nkechi Blessing decides to let go as vendor sends her death... Legit.ng previously reported that there was brewing tension in Plateau state as gunmen carried out an attack. PAY ATTENTION: Subscribe to Digital Talk newsletter to receive must-know business stories and succeed BIG! This is as the district head of Vwang in Jos South local government area of the state, Da Gyang Balak Gut, was abducted by yet to be identified gunmen. Gut, who is the Da Gwom Rwei of Vwang, was reportedly accosted by armed men while returning home in Vom, a few metres to the entrance of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS). Meanwhile, a Kano state school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko, of Noble Kids Nursery and Primary School in Kwana confessed to kidnapping and killing five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar. Recommended for you Tinubu's aide asks Buhari to suspend Emefiele as CBN governor, gives fresh... Hanifa, a pupil of Noble Kids Nursery and Primary school was kidnapped by the school's proprietor alongside two other conspirators in December 2021. Kidnapped on her way home from an Islamiyya school around Kwaji community in the Yankaba area of Kano metropolis, Tanko and his accomplice were said to have taken Hanifa away in a commercial tricycle (KEKE NAPEP). Gunmen struck in Imo state, killing a 65-year-old man identified as Nnoruoka Onyeokwu. Onyeokwu was killed and his head cut off by the criminals who went ahead to display the head at the primary school in Ubudom Atta community, Njaba LGA. In December 2021, some yet-to-be-identified gunmen also abducted a monarch and later dumped his corpse at the market square. Source: Legit.ng The whereabouts of Otokito Federal Oparmiola, commissioner for trade and commence in Bayelsa is unknown Otokito was kidnapped by armed gunmen who took him from his residence on Thursday night, January 20 The gunmen invaded the community at about 11 pm shooting into the air before whisking the commissioner away to an unknown location Your support matters. Sustain independent journalism in Nigeria – contribute to Legit.ng. Ogbia, Bayelsa Legit.ng Subscribe to Digital Talk newsletter to receive must-know business stories and succeed BIG!