Gunmen kidnap council chairman, raze residence

• Published date: 20 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Gunmen have abducted the transition chairman of Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State Chris Ohizu and two of his friends.

The chairman, it was gathered, was kidnapped on Friday morning at his residence in Imoko community in Arondizuogu of the Council area.

The gunmen, who shot the Council chairman first on the leg, bundled him into a waiting car before setting his house ablaze.

A source close to the family said: 'Thee sole administrator of Ideato North was kidnapped last night together with two others after burning his house at Imoko community in Arondizuogu. They shot him on his leg before taking him away. This is a man who came back from a hospital recently. I am devastated now.'

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Another source, who confirmed the development, decried the spate of insecurity in the area.

He said: 'The house of Ideato North SOLAD was burnt down and he was kidnapped with bullet wound on his leg as I heard.

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