Former Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Lawman Duruji has been kidnapped by gunmen.

Also abducted was the wife of Frank Onwumere, an erstwhile Chairman of Okigwe Local Government Area of the state.

Onwumere’s wife was abducted on Sunday while, according to a source, Duruji was abducted on Saturday while returning from a function.
Ezzybee, a businessman in Owerri, was also kidnapped.

Reports have it that Ezzybee was abducted while going to watch a football match.

The gunmen were also said to have seized an unidentified persons at Okwelle junction in Onuimo Local Government Area, Amaraku in Isiala Mbano L.G.A, as well as Ubomiri in Mbaitoli council area of the state.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Micheal Abattam, confirmed the incident while assuring that the command was on the trail of the kidnappers.

He revealed that the person who was kidnapped at Ubomiri had been rescued by the police.

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