BREAKING: Gunmen abduct former lawmaker via politicsngr
POLITICS NIGERIA learned that the attack occurred on Monday morning when Edughele was en route to Benin City, the state capital.“The family is aware of his kidnap, the police division in that area has been informed and we hope action will be taken to rescue him,” a former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Festus Ebea, told the press.
Efforts by this newspaper to get official comments from the spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwanbuzor, were unsuccessful. The kidnap of the erstwhile lawmaker is coming just two days after about 30 passengers were abducted at the Ekehen train station in the same Edo State. The incident forced the Nigeria Railway Corporation to announce the closure of the station until further notice.
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