A gang of gunmen on Thursday abducted the wife of a lawmaker representing Rivers East Senatorial District, Senator George Sekibo.
The victim, Mrs. Asime Sekibo, was said to have been kidnapped by the armed men at about 6.30 pm near Obiri Ikwerre on East-West Road in Port Harcourt.
It was learnt that the lawmaker’s wife was waylaid by the hoodlums while she was returning home from a function.
It was learnt that Asime’s abductors had overtaken her vehicle after trailing her for about 15 minutes. Numbering about five, the bandits, who allegedly wielded AK-47 rifles, were said to have shot sporadically into the air before going for their target.
An eyewitness explained that the senator’s wife was ordered out of her vehicle and forced into the waiting vehicle of the marauders.
“She was driving on the East-West Road when some men ambushed her and took her away to an unknown destination. We don’t actually know the reason she was kidnapped because she is a good woman,” the eyewitness said.
A top government official expressed surprise over the abduction of the senator’s wife, explaining that the state government would wait for the outcome of police investigation.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Ben Ugwuegbulam, who could not confirm the incident, promised to speak on the matter the moment he got details of the abduction.
But a top police officer, who craved anonymity, confirmed the kidnap and added that investigation had been intensified towards rescuing the woman.
He expressed optimism that Sekibo’s wife would be released in no distant time as security operatives were currently on top of the situation.
However, as at the time of filing this report, the gunmen had yet to establish a contact with the family of the victim.
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