
GUNMEN KIDNAP LGA CHIEF, 2 OTHERS IN IMO
Gunmen kidnapped the Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, in the early hours of Friday.
A source revealed that Ohizu was shot and his home in Imoko community in Arondizuogu was also burnt to ground by the gunmen before he was taken away.
Two others where also kidnapped by the gunmen, according to the source.
The source said, “The Sole Administrator of Ideato North was kidnapped last night together with two others after burning his house at Imoko community in Arondizuogu. They shot him on the leg before taking him away. This is a man who came back from a hospital recently. I am devastated now.”
More details later…
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