From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
Hoodlums suspected to be herdsmen attacked a commercial motorcyclist along Umuekwune Umuguma road, on Tuesday, and abducted his passenger.
A source close to the area told Daily Sun that the passenger, Obinna Opara, son of a late police inspector from Umumbe, Irete, in Owerri West council area, was being forced to stop with a weapon and, fortunately, the motorcyclist was said to have escaped while Opara fell down from the attack.
Opara was said to have later been dragged into the bush. A family source said his captors have already made a demand of N50 million ransom.
“What we heard was that Obinna and the Okada rider were on their way to transact a land business when they were ambushed,” the source said.
A similar incident had occurred at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) road, where a commercial motorcyclist and his passenger were attacked, this time the passenger, a female student of the school, was abducted after the motorcyclist was killed.
The state police Spokesperson, Henry Okoye, confirmed the FUTO incident in a press statement and assured that a manhunt for the hoodlums had commenced.
