The Labour Party candidate for Ahoada West state constituency in Rivers State, Agidah Boma Carson, has been kidnapped.
A lawyer and friend of the victim, Mr. Chidozie Okoli, shared the news of Agidah’s kidnap on Twitter.
He said that the victim had weeks ago rejected an offer of N10 million to step down from contesting for the Ahoada West state constituency seat in the rescheduled Governorship and State House of Assembly elections.
However, he did not state who made the offer.
Agidah’s sister, Joyce Ugbosu, confirmed the kidnap to The Herald on Thursday.
She said that the incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, March 8, at Charlyson Hotel, Ishaya, Mbiama.
“After his campaign activities on March 7, he went to his hotel to relax.
“We heard two versions of the story, that when they woke up in the morning in the hotel, they didn’t find him. He was not in his room, the door was open, and his phones and everything were there.
“There is another version that came in that his PA (personal assistant) dropped him. After freshening up, the PA dropped him that he (Agidah) wants to go and ease himself. And after dropping him, he (PA) came back but didn’t see him.
“The receptionist said he walked into the hotel but after a while, he walked out. Different versions,” she told this newspaper.
She added that the hotel manager has been arrested and the receptionist is expected to be picked up today.
Ugbosu, who runs an IT firm, Infosys Digital Solutions, and a school, Lakewood British School, said her brother worked with her.
She said that Agidah helped her manage both firms, describing him as a very loyal and hardworking young man.
The Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, could not be reached for comments.
Several calls placed to her known phone number were unanswered as of press time.
A text message sent to her phone was also not replied.