Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday abducted Israel Inyanabor, a councillor representing Ewohimi Ward One in Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State.
He was abducted early in the morning at Ewatto-Ubiaja-Okhuesan Road, near Ena River, where a teacher, Mr Abiola, and his wife (who are yet to be released) were seized by gunmen.
The councillor was said to be driving along the road when the armed men emerged from a nearby bush and opened fire on his car, which forced him to stop.
The kidnap of the councillor has reportedly created tension in the community following an earlier abduction of a teacher and his wife, simply identified as Mr and Mrs Aluola, by suspected bandits along the same Ewatto-Ubiaja-Okhuesan Road on Monday.
It was learnt that the abductors of the couple are asking for N15 million as ransom from the family before they would be released.
A resident of Ewohimi, Festus Ehigiator, disclosed that the scene of the latest kidnap incident was the same spot where the teacher and his wife were kidnapped.
Source: Gossips24.com
