A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, has been kidnapped after his driver and a personal aide were shot and killed in Rivers State on Monday.
Reports say the SAN was trailed and attacked around the Obiri-Ikwerre interchange in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.
According to a source who spoke to Vanguard, the Police Officers attached to the SAN sustained injuries as the kidnappers had shot at the tyre of the police van carrying the policemen, causing the driver of the van to lose control.
The source revealed that the car somersaulted after the driver lost control, following the sudden deflation of the car tyre.
“This afternoon, kidnappers kidnapped a senior lawyer around the Obiri-Ikwerre interchange. The criminals shot at a police van escorting the SAN.
“They killed the driver of the lawyer and another of his aide. They kidnapped the man and ran off. Three policemen that were with them in another van had an accident because the criminals shot their tyre before going for their target.”
Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the state Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, stated that no policemen died in the incident, as the hoodlums killed aides to the kidnap victim.
She said the Commissioner of Police in the state has made adequate police mobilization to ensure the unconditional release of the kidnapped victim.
