Car of missing Anambra lawmaker recovered

By Monday Ajogun

A car belonging to Justice Azuka, the lawmaker representing Onitsha North Constituency 1 in the Anambra House of Assembly who was abducted on Christmas eve has been recovered by the police. .

Spokesperson of Anambra Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the recovery of the car in a statement issued in Onitsha Thursday.

According to him, the recovery of the vehicle followed an ongoing intensive operation by the command’s operatives attached to the Inland Town Division, Onitsha.

He added that the police have intensified efforts to rescue the lawmaker who was kidnapped by gunmen at about 9:20 pm on December 24, on his way home on Ugwunabampa Road, Onitsha.

He explained that a rescue team sighted the vehicle abandoned on Upper Iweka Road.

He added that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Nnaghe Itam, had charged the rescue team to intensify efforts for the possible rescue of the lawmaker and arrest of the kidnappers. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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Edited by Benson Ezugwu/Sam Oditah