Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted
an officer of the Vehicle Inspection Officers in Sapele at her home in Amukpe,
Sapele Council Area of Delta State.
Sources told our correspondent that the victim, Mrs. Owumi,
who is married to a prominent chief in the town was allegedly abducted at about
6am on Sunday as she was about leaving for church and taken to an unknown
destination through the Sapele River.
She was said to have been kidnapped alongside her children
and a male co-tenant but the hoodlums later freed the other victims.
The rate of kidnapping in Sapele and its environs has been
on the increase as prominent persons including the former Speaker of the Delta
State House of Assembly, Chief Monday Igbuya, and security personnel had also
been abducted but released after ransoms were paid.
A resident of Sapele, Edo Ogheneovo, while confirming the
incident, lamented that despite the heavy presence of security personnel comprising
the navy, army and police in the area, activities of kidnappers had gone
unabated.
He noted that rather than the security agencies channeling
their efforts towards tackling kidnapping, soldiers and policemen are harassing
innocent residents while kidnappers and criminals attack people unchecked.
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