Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a University of Port Harcourt lecturer and two schoolteachers in Rivers State.
The lecturer, Prof. Ebi Awotua-Efebo, of the Faculty of Education, UNIPORT, was said to have been abducted alongside his driver shortly after driving out of the university on Tuesday.The two teachers, Mrs. Blessin Chukwu and Mr. Ikpendu Samuewere, of Ubima Community Secondary School in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state, were on Monday whisked away to an unknown destination by masked gunmen while returning home from school.
One of our correspeondents learnt that the kidnappers of the lecturer had established contacts with his colleagues demanding a ransom of N50m.
As of the time of filling this report, the full details of his kidnap was still sketchy.
Spokesman for UNIPORT, Dr. William Wodi, confirmed the abduction of the don, but said he had yet to get the precise details of the story.
Wodi, however, promised to comment on the issue on Wednesday.
But relatives of the schoolteachers said that their abductors had demanded a ransom of N5m to secure their release.
A teacher in the school, Sunday Onu, who spoke on the development, said Chukwu and Samuewere left the school premises and were on their way back home when they were kidnapped.
He said they later discovered that the two teachers, who were recently posted to the school, had been abducted.
He said, “We are not happy about the abduction of the new teachers. We were in the school around 4.30pm when we heard gunshots. When we came out to see what was happening, the gunmen had taken them away.
“We are calling on the state government to provide security for this community if they still want us to come to the school.
“The rate of kidnappings and killings in this community is unbearable.”
The Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, Ahmad Mohammad, said the police were aware of the kidnap.
He said the police had begun investigation into the matter.
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