Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Prof George Chima, chairman of the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission( ABSIEC).
This is as Abia police command said her personnel raided criminal hideouts in Aba, the state’s commercial hub, arrested some suspects and recovered six stolen vehicles.
It was gathered that the gunmen, numbering four, had stormed the ABSIEC chairman’s residence at Okigwe, Imo State and abducted him while he played host to some lecturers from Abia State University, Uturu.
An eyewitness account stated that the gunmen snatched a passing vehicle carrying logs of wood and fled in the vehicle with the ABSIEC chairman. The police had yet to make a statement over the incident, as at the time the report was filed.
Meanwhile, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, Abia State Command, during an intelligence-led sting operations, raided a criminal hideout in Uratta, Aba, and recovered six vehicles.
According to a release by the command’s PPRO, Maureen Chinaka, the vehicles were mostly snatched at gunpoint.
Some suspects were arrested during the raid and the release said investigations were on-going to apprehend other fleeing suspects.
The recovered vehicles are, an Ash-colored Toyota Camry, with Reg No: LSD 885 CX; Aris Red-colour Toyota, with Reg No: GDD 254 AA, Chassis No: JTOBT90317113755; and a Navy Blue-colour Toyota RAV4, with Reg No: AG 743 BRR, and Chassis No: JTEGH20V810030195.
Others are, a Black-colour Toyota 4Runner, with Reg No: ABC 903 BR, and Chassis No: ZT3HN86Y0323994, Toyota RAV4, with Reg No: KTU 778 BR, and Chassis No: JTEGH20V430090641, and an Ash-colour Toyota Sienna, with Reg No: GWB 350 HM, Chassis No: 5TD2A23C45128038, and Engine No: 4201838.