Nasarawa Police  Command have confirmed the kidnap of the chairman of Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Philip Shekwor on Saturday night in Lafia.

The commissioner of the state police command, Mr Bola Longe, who confirmed the incident to journalists on Sunday in a telephone interview, said that Mr Shekwor was kidnapped by large number of gunmen at his residence in Lafia around 11 pm on Saturday and was taken to an unknown destination.

The CP Longe, however, said that the command had dispatched its operatives to comb the bushes and rescue the APC chairman.