Gunmen kidnap council chief in Ebonyi

•Victim locked inside coffin
Gunmen have abducted and tortured the Coordinator of Ikwo South Development Centre, Marvin Anari.
The incident, it was learnt, occurred at Ukwuachi playground, Amagu in Ikwo Local Government, venue of a stakeholders’ meeting.
“Armed men invaded the venue, dragged the coordinator out, stripped him naked, defied pleas by elders, took him out of the venue of the meeting to Eke Amagu market, bought a coffin, pushed him inside in a pool of blood and closed the casket”, a source said.
He said residents discovered where he was dumped by his abductors and took him to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki.
Last night, the council chief was in coma.
Governor David Umahi, who visited the victim yesterday, described the incident as barbaric.
He called for investigation into the incident and urged security agencies to arrest and prosecute the suspects.
|The Nation