Some gunmen have on Wednesday kidnapped the younger sister to wife of Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, in Asaba, the state capital.
Herald Nigeria learnt that the victim, named Elizabeth, was accosted by a gang of young men at Temple Clinic junction, along Awai road near Government House on Monday night in Asaba and taken away in a waiting vehicle.
She was reportedly driving a black Jeep when the gang abducted her
According to a government source who confided in The Punch, “They (the kidnappers) shot endlessly into the air to scare away people.
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“Out of fear, the lady, who was ordered out of her vehicle, jumped into their waiting vehicle,” the source said.
He added that the incident has since thrown Okowa, his wife and her entire family into trauma.
He said that, for security reasons, the matter was not placed on red alert but that intelligence gathering had since commenced to rescue her unhurt, adding that no contact has been made with family members.
The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, Adeyinka Adeleke, however, denied any knowledge of the alleged abduction.
The source said no contact has been established with the family or any personality in government.