Abia State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Donatus Nwankpa, on Monday night.
Abia police spokesperson, Geoffrey Ogbonna, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the command was aware of the incident.
Mr Ogbonna, however, said that the information at his disposal was still sketchy.
“It was very unfortunate for such a thing to happen on the eve of the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari for his campaign rally in the state,” Ogbonna said.
He also said that the command had swung into action and was confident that the perpetrators would be arrested and made to face the law.
Abia APC spokesperson, Benedict Godson, told newsmen that Mr Nwankpa was kidnapped by gunmen around 11 am on Monday at Osisioma, while on his way to Aba from Umuahia.
He feared that the kidnap of the party chairman might be connected with the threat by a rival party in the state, working with some bad elements in APC, to disrupt President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state on Tuesday.
(NAN)
