Anambra, April 25, 2023 (NAN) Gunmen have reportedly abducted a Catholic priest at Nnobi Round-about in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the cleric who was driving Lexus FX 300 with plate number Anambra GDD 882 PW was heading towards the Awka-Etiti direction when the criminal elements stormed the place.
It was also gathered that the victim had stopped his car at the Nnobi Junction to buy some fruits when his cellular phone rang.
According to an eyewitness account, he was still answering the call and looking around for the caller when he was double-crossed by another car whose occupants were armed to the teeth.
The assailants forcefully bundled the man into their jeep leaving the victim’s car on the road before driving off.
The incident which occurred Monday night disrupted the evening market and street trading along the road as the hoodlums shot sporadically into the air.
Nnobi Junction is notoriously known for abductions, armed robbery, killings among other vices since 2021 when the Proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra declared Monday as sit-at-home in the South East region.
Meanwhile, when contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Anambra State Police Command, Ikenga Tochukwu said there was no report of the incident before him at press time, adding that he would spread the information.
“Thank you for this information, but there is no report like that before me. I will escalate this information to our operatives in the area,” the PPRO said. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
