Gunmen kidnap businessman in Yenagoa

Sunday, September 24, 2017 9:38 pm

Gunmen (file photo)

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt

Unidentified Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a businessman in the Akenfa suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital on Sunday.

The name of the victim was given simply as Chief Okorobia of Unduwari town in the Southern Ijaw local government area of the state.

Reports indicated that the gunmen stormed residence of the victim, shooting sporadically before taking him away to an unknown destination.

It was learnt that some Police detectives from the Akenfa police station visited the residence of the victim and had briefs from relatives of the abducted chief with a view o f trailing the perpetrators.

A prominent Environmental rights activist and kinsman to the victim based in Yenagoa, Comrade Alagoa Morris, who confirmed the kidnap in is Facebook post also described the act as barbaric and called on security agencies to ensure the businessman is released safely by the abductors .

Bayelsa Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO , Asinim Butwat DSP had not reacted to the incident at the time of filing this report.