Popular supermarket operator abducted in Kogi

Popular Wisdom Supermarket operator in Lokoja, Kogi state, Ugochukwu Okpala, has been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen.

She was said to have been kidnapped Friday evening shortly after closing for the day right in front of the Seat of Wisdom supermarket along Gadumo, Ganaja road, Lokoja.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, William Aya, while confirming the incident said that the police was informed that just as Okpala closed for the day and was about entering her car, she was accosted, pushed, into their own car and drove off to an unknown destination.

He also noted that the Kidnappers abandoned Okpalas’s car and drove off in their own car.

He however said that the state commissioner of police Edward Egbuka has mobilised officers in conjunction with all other sister security agencies including the local vigilantes to go after the Kidnappers with a view to freeing the lady and bring the Kidnappers to book

“We got the information about the kidnap and the Commissioner of police have activated all security architecture to ensure that the lady is freed without hurt while the culprits would be apprehended and brought to justice.” (Saturday Independent)