Three Persons Killed In Failed Abduction Attempt In Umuahia

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Abia State Police authorities on Thursday October 31, 2024, assured that all efforts will be made to hunt down the fleeing gang of kidnappers who killed  three  of their  victims in Umuahia.

The Source reports that a dare devil abduction syndicate, on Thursday, shot dead a banker with Zenith Bank at Isi gate area of Old Umuahia .

Within a short distance  from the scene of the first shooting, the hoodlums also shot and killed a tricyclist in Ubakala ,Umuahia

According to eye witness accounts, the deceased banker, who was engaged in shopping, resisted attempts by his abductors to bundle him inside their operational vehicle, a development that forced  the attackers to shoot him

The kidnapers who, thereafter, jettisoned their operational vehicle ,for a snatched one, a Camry, also gunned down the owner, before escaping from the scene.

The third  victim ,the tricyclist ,was killed by bullets allegedly fired by the  abductors, while fleeing.

While addressing the media at the State Police Command Headquarters,  the State Commissioner of Police ,CP Danladi Isah, said that officers of the Service are already hot on the heels of the kidnapers.

He called on the members of the public to volunteer any credible information that would assist in apprehending the attackers.