A professor, Mr. Chima, was abducted from his residence in Okigwe, Imo State, Nigeria, by suspected kidnappers. The attackers chased away visitors before taking the professor. Police have launched an operation to rescue him. Abduction-for-ransom cases have increased in Imo State and the region, though no group has claimed responsibility for this latest incident.
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The attackers, suspected to be kidnappers, were said to have chased the visitors before abducting the professor.Police speak Civil servants, business owners, politicians and even students have become targets of such attacks in the state lately.
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