10th January, 2022
Lawman Duruji, a former Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, has been kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
Duruji was kidnapped at Ehime Mbano LGA on Saturday at Oriagu while returning from a function.
A businessman in Owerri, popularly known as Ezzybee was also kidnapped.
Ezzybee was kidnapped on Sunday while on the way to watch a local football match.
Also kidnapped was the wife of an ex-chairman of Okigwe Local Government Area, Frank Onwunere.
Some unidentified persons were also kidnapped at Okwelle junction in the Onuimo LGA of the state, and at the Umbomiri junction in the Mbaitoli and Amaraku in the Mbano LGAs of the state.
The spates of kidnappings took place separately between Saturday and Sunday in the state.
However, the police spokesperson for the command, Micheal Abattam, said the command was on the trail of the kidnappers.
He confirmed that one of the victims who was kidnapped at Ubomiri had been rescued by the police.