Tuesday , March 26 2024

Former Imo Commissioner kidnapped

Former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in the Rochas Okorocha administration, Engr. Alex Ogwazuo has been kidnapped by unknown gangsters in Owerri.

Although details of the weekend kidnap operation was very sketchy at press time, Vanguard however gathered yesterday that the youthful ex-commissioner was taken away in his Sports Utility Vehicle, SUV, to an unknown destination.

It was learnt that Ogwazuo was attacked by the hoodlums soon after leaving a social function in the evening.

Vanguard recalls that Engr. Ogwazuo also served as Board Chairman of the Imo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, ISOPADEC, before it was sacked by Governor Rochas Okorocha.

Meanwhile, a weekend tragedy hit Umuagwu village, Ohii, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, following the alleged shooting of a young man by his landlord (names withheld).

Confirming the story making the rounds in Umuagwu, a villager who spoke on strict grounds of anonymity, said  “the deceased was returning home from a viewing centre, where he had gone to watch an English Premier League football match.”

According to the villager, “the young man was accosted by his landlord and although he thought that what was brewing was a huge joke, he is no longer alive to tell the story.”

The villager recalled that when all efforts made to revive him failed, his lifeless body was deposited in a morgue.

“The landlord’s house has been destroyed, while his wife and children have fled to safety,” the villager said.

Vanguard’s efforts to get the police angle to the stories failed as the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Ezike, did not respond to the text message sent to him on the issues.

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(Vanguard)

About Chinenye Nwabueze

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3 comments

  1. Ejiofor Kingsley

    Is it the commissioner of happiness? lol

  2. na wa ooo…no body is safe oo

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