Gunmen Kidnap LG Chairman In Rivers

Chief Cassidy Ikegbudu, Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Ahoada East Local Government Area, has been abducted by gunmen. The Police Command in Rivers State has confirmed the abduction. Ahmad Muhammad, the Rivers Police Public Relations Officer, who disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt said that Ikegbudu was abducted in the early hours of Saturday. Muhammad said that the police had received report of the abduction of the council chairman and “the command is aware of the incident involving the caretaker committee chairman." He however noted that procedures of his rescue is in place. Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress, APC House of Assembly candidate for Ahoada East Constituency 1, Mr. Eric Apia, said that armed men abducted Ikegbudu from his village, Yiboko, early on Saturday. His words: “Reports received from his family said there was exchange of fire between security personnel attached to the chairman and the armed men. “The armed men later took the chairman away, dragged him to a nearby river and went away in a speed boat,” Apia stated. Apia said Ahoada East was supposed to have a re-run election for the House of Assembly and then the shooting began last night.