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Engr. Augustine Uchenna Stephen, a former aide to Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the immediate past governor of Abia State, has been kidnapped by gunmen, ABN TV reports.

According to sources, the kidnapping occurred on Thursday evening while Stephen was driving home from work. The assailants ambushed him, pointed a gun at him, and forcibly took him and his vehicle to an unknown location. His vehicle was later found abandoned along the Umuahia-Aba expressway.

Stephen, a native of Umuogo Ubakala in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State, is a prominent businessman and politician based in Port Harcourt and Umuahia.

ABN TV reports that He had recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Labor Party on March 1st, 2024, making his declaration official at his Umuogo Ubakala ward.

As of the latest reports, Stephen's abductors have not established . This incident raises concerns about the escalating cases of kidnapping, car snatching, and violent crimes in Umuahia and Aba.

The state government's response to these crimes has been criticized, leaving residents vulnerable to criminal activities.

Source: https://abntv.com.ng/news/gunmen-kidnap-labour-party-chieftain-in-umuahia/

The level of insecurity in the country is getting out of hand. I pray for his safe return

After killing all the security forces, you people expect things like this not to occur

Kidnapping is in their blood, ndi developer.

Anyone really surprised?

Ellupee

Security under Ikpeazu is better than the Elupee governor

Damnnn niggar


That one nor too concern me

My own concern be say romania vs kosovo match

Way I play....make them void am so that I go collect money

Nawa o

He will come bck safe

The economy is pushing so many people out of work and hardship is pushing them into illegal activities....

When you vote, practically put this things in mind.... You get to experience them one way or the other.

osuofia2:
Security under Ikpeazu is better than the Elupee governor

Very true.

id4sho:
Ellupee

Top to bottom.

Metrix147:

Source: https://abntv.com.ng/news/gunmen-kidnap-labour-party-chieftain-in-umuahia/

Is this real, arranged, coincidence or political (does he have 'political ' value in that State?)?

lordm:
After killing all the security forces, you people expect things like this not to occur

You need a chilled something.

When things like this happen, the same people criticising the security officials, will be shouting for them to intervene. Checkpoints are being destroyed etc. Rather than destroying those checkpoints, they should rather protest against officers extorting the civilians, and ensure their political leaders make that known to higher authorities

youngsahito:
Kidnapping is on their blood, ndi developer.

Seeing you in this thread now, I declare that no weapon fashioned against my skull shall prosper.

Man's enmity to man is getting to exponential levels by the day.



A group of hard-hearted, satan-induced individuals collaborate to kidnap a fellow human being just for filthy lucre.


If successful in such a dastardly act, they call it "hustling" and flaunt the proceeds of such heinous crimes as though the rest of us who are law-abiding and god-fearing are lazy or plain stupid.


One can only pray that they set him free after collecting their ransom.


The most painful aspect is killing the victim after ransom has been paid.


The heart of man...!





@hotseat

Government address and tackle poverty, hunger, hardship, inflation high costs of living, unemployment, rural villages communities underdevelopment and insecurity, kidnapping will reduce and stop gradually

Those who died for this country must be regretting right now. Nigeria is gone.

This is insane.

They don't call it the sad east for nothing. Hebos are descending into low low levels of depravity. They will kill all their own and blame others for it. No wonder they all leave their zones in droves like cockroaches living a burning house. Shame. Obi will be quiet as usual.




.

They should continue to unknown gunmen and ipob separatists. They will soon be consumed by the snake They are nurturing. Thank God those guys don't know anyone. They will soon come back to their sense

Peter Obi's boys

Lolz.

That short dwarf called Otti said he will dialogue with UGM. Hope he's seeing the results?

Useless guy with oversized coat like uniform of school of the deaf.

Treasure17:
Those who died for this country must be regretting right now. Nigeria is gone.

No sir, Abia is gone. The SE is finished.

The stupidity of those there has brought about this.

Nonexisting1:
Seeing you in this thread now, I declare that no weapon fashioned against my skull shall prosper.

But they can use remote control from Finland to be rolling your mother under the bed every Monday.

Them dey use Panasonic remote for your mama

JASONjnr:
The economy is pushing so many people out of work and hardship is pushing them into illegal activities....

When you vote, practically put this things in mind.... You get to experience them one way or the other.

Yes na. Blame everyone but the culprits
Economy is what is tying your parents under the bed every Monday.

Creatures like you are the ones destroying Igboland with your stupidity and cowardice.

Igbo again

ufotunang:
Government address and tackle poverty, hunger, hardship, inflation high costs of living, unemployment, rural villages communities underdevelopment and insecurity, kidnapping will reduce and stop gradually

Keep deceiving and lying to yourselves, you hear.
Let them keep ing Ekpa, Ipob and Kanu. They will see shege.

Cmanforall:

You need a chilled something.

When things like this happen, the same people criticising the security officials, will be shouting for them to intervene. Checkpoints are being destroyed etc. Rather than destroying those checkpoints, they should rather protest against officers extorting the civilians, and ensure their political leaders make that known to higher authorities

How many times will the political leaders shout before the authorities respond. Enyinnaya Ababribe has been shouting about this for a long time now. Do they even need to shout before the extortion and humiliation stops at these extortion points?
Recently, Even Kananyo O Kanayo raised alarm over the number of check points where south east people are extorted and humiliated, but the concerned authorites played deaf ear.