Saturday, January 27, 2024 - The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Abia State University, Uturu, Godwin Emezue, was on Friday night, January 26, abducted from a petrol station at Umuekwule, Amachara in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State.
According to reports, the academician and
his wife were at the station to buy fuel when the assailants' attacked and
forcefully took Professor Emezue into their Lexus SUV and also collected his
wife’s ATM card before fleeing the scene.
Chijioke Nwogu, the university
spokesperson, said that the police in Abia State have acknowledged the
kidnapping incident, explaining that the university learned of Mr. Emezue’s
abduction through social media.
In a statement released, the spokesperson
of the state police command, Maureen Chinaka, said;
‘On 26/01/2024, at about 9.30 p.m., the Abia State Police Command
received information that on the same date, at about 7 p.m., the Deputy
Vice-Chancellor of Uturu ABSU, Prof Godwin Emezue, while in the company of his
wife in their vehicle, was abducted by hoodlums while purchasing fuel at a
petrol station in Umuopara, Umuahia South LGA.
During the incident, the hoodlums
confiscated his wife’s ATM card, dragged the Deputy Vice-Chancellor into a
Lexus SUV, and drove away with the victim.
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