The Taraba State Police Command on Monday confirmed the kidnapping of a former senator representing the Taraba North Senatorial District, Ambuno Sunday, by gunmen.
Sunday was elected senator from 2003 to 2007.
The state police spokesman, DSP David Misal, said the senator was kidnapped in his home in Karim town, in the Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State.
Misal, who said efforts were on to ensure his safe return, also confirmed the abduction of Mustapha Badamasi, the chief imam of the police command mosque in Jalingo.
According to him, the chief imam was kidnapped in his house at Sabongari, a suburb of Jalingo town.