Gunmen abduct Imo dep gov's aide

GUNMEN have abducted Emenike Ihekwuaba, the principal secretary /permanent secretary of Imo State Deputy Governor, Jude Agbaso.Agbaso was said to have begun a search for his aide.The Media Assistant to Agbaso, Mr. Onyema Okpara, who confirmed the incident to The Guardian yesterday morning, said the abductors stopped the government's official as he was in the company of his wife and his driver late on Sunday.He disclosed that the armed men did not seize Ihekwuaba's car but rather took him to their vehicle's booth and drove him to an unknown destination.As at the time of filing this report, Okpara said the government was still searching to ensure that Ihekwuaba was released.He disclosed further that the incident took place at Amaraku Junction, Isiala Mbano Local Council of Imo State, as Ihekwuaba had alighted to buy a few things at the junction. When his wife and driver saw that the deputy governor's aide had been held, they took to their heels, he said.He said: 'My brother, you can imagine how massive the man is. They held him and put him in their vehicle's booth. His wife and driver ran away. I think from the way it happened, they came for him. We have been running around to establish where they took him took to. We are yet to establish communication with him. You know, normally this people can stay up to three days from what they have done to others. We have reported to the SSS and police and they are working. The deputy governor is worried.'Okpara said the victim was on his way to Nkwerre, his hometown, for a function when the ugly incident took place, adding that effort made to rescue him at the spot was futile.Ihekwuaba was said to have returned from the Cathedral of Transfiguration of Our Lord (CATOL), an Anglican Cathedral, where he is said to be one of the senior church wardens.Many wealthy personalities are now in hiding following the wave of crime in the 27 local councils.Only yesterday, a former official of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Nwosu, was shot dead at New Market, along Douglas Road, Owerri. His wife was abducted and later abandoned somewhere away from the scene. The Holy Ghost College, Owerri, Principal, Rev. Fr. Cyprian Ogu, escaped by a whisker as hoodlums suspected to be cultists, shattered his bedroom.
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