Chief Frank Ozue, the vice chairman of Delta State’s Isoko North Local Government Area, has reportedly been kidnapped.Information Guide Nigeria
According to information obtained by PUNCH Metro, the incident happened on Sunday in Ogor Town, Ughelli North LGA of the state, when the gunmen allegedly waylaid his car and took him to an unidentified place.
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When the event happened, the council vice chairman was reportedly driving alone to the state’s Patani region.JAMB Result
A family source who confirmed the event to media in Warri on Monday said that he was forcibly halted by the gunmen on the East-West Road’s Ughelli/Evwreni section’s Iwhre-Ovie/Oviri-Ogor Road.
The source said, “The kidnappers left his car and his belongings including his phones at the scene of the incident. They have not reached out to the family since Sunday. The family is very worried about the state of his health.”
Speaking on the incident on Monday, a resident in the area, who gave his name only as Samuel, said that the gunmen went away with the cleric after forcefully gaining entrance into his official residence, while his wife was shot in the leg.
He said, “It was around 8.30pm on Sunday that the gunmen who came in motorcycles arrived in the community. Residents who were alerted by their gunshots ran helter skelter but they forced themselves into the official residence of Rev Dong and abducted him. His wife who tried to rescue him was shot in the leg and was later taken to the hospital.”
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