News Flash - Kidnappers capture Chief G.U.O Okeke’s younger bro

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The younger brother to an Onitsha-based transport magnet, Chief G.U.O Okeke was yesterday kidnapped in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The kidnap victim, Mr. Daniel Okeke, was kidnapped in front of his Amobi Street residence in Onitsha, at 7.00am.

The kidnappers, numbering about five, were said to have arrived the place in a white Mitsubishi bus and made straight for their victim who lives at the junction between Amobi Street and Modebe Avenue, where they met and took him away in their bus.

A resident of the area said that Mr. Okeke was about preparing for the day's business when the abductors arrived.

Nigerian Compass gathered that the bus in which the abductors operated was later spotted at Ugwunabamkpa area of Onitsha when the abductors wanted to snatch another vehicle and possibly dump their own, to avoid easy identification.

The transport magnet, Chief G.U.O Okeke who spoke with Nigerian Compass over the incident expressed surprise as to why the kidnappers targeted his younger brother and what exactly they wanted.

He said that he was ready to pay any amount that would guarantee the release of his brother.

Asked if the abductors had made any contact with the family, he answered in the negative, adding that they were waiting expectantly for them to establish contact.

Contacted, the Acting Police Public Relations Officer for Anambra state Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka confirmed the incident.

He said that although he was yet to receive official signal from Onitsha, the state Police Command had mobilized all arsenals to track down the kidnappers and get the victim released.

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