Suspected herdsmen kidnap two persons in Enugu

By DENNIS AGBO

Two men were on Friday evening abducted by gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen along Ugwogo-Isi-Uzo road, Enugu State, and taken to an unknown destination.

According to information gathered by Vanguard, the two persons abducted were a lawyer and a businessman, both from Isi-Uzo local government area of Enugu State.

The two were said to have travelled in Sienna bus to their village and were returning to Enugu with their family when the heavily armed kidnappers accosted them around Ora river, the boundary between Enugu East and Isi-Uzo local government areas.

The two men were commanded out of the vehicle and taken away while the wife to one of the victims and children were left stranded on the road.

Those who crossed the scene shortly after that incident, at about 7 pm said the kidnappers used vehicles to block the road and shot sporadically with some pallets of the bullets being left behind in the scene.

Families of the abducted persons said the kidnappers were yet to make contact with them as at press time, but it was learnt that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has ordered for combing of surrounding bushes in the area.

State Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, could not pick his calls nor react to a text message sent to him on the matter. (Vanguard)