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Two Chinese attached to West African Polaris Investment have been kidnapped in Agada village, Nasarawa local government area of Nasarawa state, according to the police.

Ismail Noman, public relations officer of the police in the state, told NAN on Saturday in Lafia that XJieng AI Jung, 50, and Wenso Ping, 45, were ambushed by unknown gunmen at about 2.28pm on Friday on the their way to Abuja.

He said that although the gunmen, wielding sophisticated weapons, were still at large, the police had begun investigation to track them.

He security operatives were collaborating with vigilante groups, local hunters and community leaders in the search. He also said security operatives had been deployed in the forests and bushes around the area to arrest the suspects and rescue the victims.

“The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq-Bello, has directed that the search operation team should do everything possible to ensure that the victims are rescued,” he said.

“We have also increased stop and search activities across the state borders as part of security measures.”

He called on the people of the state to be law-abiding, to respect the constituted authority and report any suspected person in their domain to the nearest police station.