A yet-to-be-identified female student has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Ogwashi-Uku, headquarters of Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State.
It was gathered that the kidnapped female student, said to be a higher national diploma student at the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, was abducted when the hoodlums were unable to kidnap a male target whom the girl was with, along the Polytechnic Road late Wednesday.
A community source, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent that the gunmen shot sporadically, before abducting the female student after their perceived target managed to escape.
“The man was driving along the Polytechnic Road when the group of about five men blocked his vehicle and started shooting. The man managed to open the door and ran into the bush.
“But the girl at the driver’s side could not escape as the man did, and the hoodlums carried her away after raining bullets on the vehicle.
“It was like a war zone last night in Ogwashi-Uku and people were running, scampering for safety. As at this afternoon, they made a demand of N10 million ransom” the source narrated.
Another source, disclosed that stray bullet killed a woman and injured another man during the shooting.
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“During the shooting, a stray bullet killed a woman who owns a shop under the power line and one man was also hit by a bullet in the leg before abducting the girl,” the source added.
Chairman, Ogwashi-Uku Vigilante Group, Mr. Hery Chukwuka, who confirmed the abduction and killing, said that the Toyota Lexus 330 vehicle involved had already been parked at the Ogwahi-Uku Police Station.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Delta State Police Command, Bright Edafe said he couldn’t confirm the student’s abduction but that there was an attempted kidnap.
He said, “There was an attempted kidnapping and the man ran away and abandoned his car. We have recovered the car at the police station.
“We have been calling the number of the man but it’s switched off. If we see him, he will be able to explain what happened.”
