The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, caused serious panic in the community.
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INEC Chairman, Information, Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who confirmed the development in a statement, said one of the commission’s staff was injured and is currently hospitalised.
According to online news platform, PREMIUM TIMES—Gunmen, believed to be bandits, killed at least 43 people including 30 soldiers and seven mobile police personnel in an attack on a mining site in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, local sources have said.
He was kidnapped in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, at his residence, behind Post Flood Housing Estate, Lokoja at about 8pm on Monday
It was learned that while the village head was rushed to a nearby hospital in the council area, his son, Chamsan, who the gunmen also shot during the attack died on the spot.
There was a report that gunmen had invaded some parts of the state capital, with the advice that schools should lock up.
The deceased, popularly known as Ogbatuluenyi, was reportedly kidnapped from his home in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area on June 9, 2022.
The Command confirmed the development in a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesman, CSP Michael Abattam.
It was gathered that Onuoha was kidnapped at his residence at Ohuhu in Umuahia North LGA in Abia State, South Western Nigeria.
The spokesman, Abia State Police Command, Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria.
The Priest of St Anthony Parish in Angware community, reports revealed was abducted at his house on Monday morning.
They did this undisturbed and calmly, between 1 and 4am Sunday. The police said it was a robbery attack. Residents, however, said they kidnapped some of their people. Now, we all know that robbers hardly take prisoners. It is now left for people to believe who they want to believe.
The gunmen were said to also invade markets and public places to chase people away.
The spokesman of the Nasarawa State Police Command, Ramhan Nansel, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria
According to available information, they were shot dead as they made their way to Minna for the party’s primaries.
The State Governor, Charles Soludo, and the police have confirmed the killings but not the number of victims.
Eyewitnesses told newsmen in Asaba that the attackers, armed with dangerous weapons, also set the truck ablaze.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, stated this in a statement on Monday.
Residents hurriedly closed shops as bus drivers and Okada riders abandoned their vehicles, taking to their heels for safety.
Sources said the arsonists entered the premises on Sunday night to carry out the act.