A 70-year-old retiree, Johnson Odio, was on Monday evening abducted by unidentified gunmen.
The retiree was kidnapped while returning from his farm with his two female employees in Ushie community, Ndokwa East council area of Delta state, The Nation reports.
Mr Odio, an Isoko chief from Ozoro town, was attacked by four armed men at about 6pm.
The two employees were later released by the abductors according to unnamed family sources who spoke with the newspaper.
As at Tuesday evening, there had been no contact from the kidnappers.
The retiree’s family has expressed worry over their patriarch’s health.
“He was kidnapped about 6pm on Monday when coming out of his farm with two of his labour helps. His farm is in Ushie in Ndokwa East. They later released the two labourers once they pleaded and told them that they don’t know anywhere.
“They said the kidnappers were four in number and they were carrying guns.
“We are scared because he is not strong healthwise and he has not taken any of his medications since he was kidnapped yesterday. So we don’t know his current state now. They are yet to contact us or demand anything.
“According to the women, three of the kidnappers covered their faces and one did not, we don’t know if they did that to conceal their identities, we don’t know if they are youths from our community or not”, one of his daughters told The Nation late Tuesday evening.
Delta police spokesperson, Andrew Aniamaka, confirmed the incident on Wednesday, adding that the police was already taking the right steps to free Odio.
