Yet-to-be identified gunmen, on Saturday, struck in the heart of Lokoja, Kogi state capital, abducting wife of a cement dealer, Mrs. Rosemary Chinwe Obi.
According to eye witness account, Mrs Rosemary was kidnapped while on her way home after the close of business at about 9:00pm. She was in a car alongside her husband who was driving.
The gunmen reportedly trailed the cement dealer’s vehicle and forced him to stop at Peace Community area of Lokoja. The assailants kidnapped Mrs Rosemary living behind her husband behind in the vehicle with injuries he sustained while struggling with the gunmen.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Williams Aya confirmed the incident.
Aya said the Commissioner of Police visited the scene of incident and assured that the perpetrators would be fished out
He confirmed that the Kogi State Police Command on the trail of the kidnappers of Mrs. Rosemary Chinwe Obi.
