Delta State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a government contractor, Mr. Lucky Ugbo in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area, assuring that efforts to rescue him unhurt are in progress.
Recall that Mr Ugbo’s residence was attacked by gunmen in the night during the week and took him away.
According to an eyewitness ‘The gunmen were heavily armed and people had thought that they are security agents. They hid in an uncompleted building close to his house, and waited for his arrival. He went out and was about entering his house when they stopped him as his wife came out to open the front door for him.
The gunmen fired shots into the air, before marching their victim taking the victim away on foot. Many of us, who live close, watched the incident from afar. We thought the gunmen were security agents.
The kidnappers have called his wife twice and demanded N200 million ransom on Monday, they also called again on Tuesday and demanded N100 million as ransom’ the eyewitness said.
When contacted, spokesman for Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident and noted that efforts are being made to rescue Mr Ugbo unhurt.
‘Yes, it’s confirmed. The police are intensifying efforts to track down the kidnappers and rescue the victim’ he said.
