The police authorities on Saturday confirmed the abduction of a top official of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr Kingsley Okoroafor, in Imo State.
Okoroafor was kidnapped by the gunmen who traced him on his way to his residence at Umuadara Umulogho Autonomous Community, Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State.
The Network gathered that the victim attended a vigil organized for the Traditional Ruler of Ndihu Autonomous Community in Obowo LGA, the late Eze Innocent Anyawu on Friday night.
The Police Public Relations Officer in charge of the Imo State Police Command, Mr Michael Abatham, a Chief Superintendent of Police, confirmed the abduction of Okoroafor on the telephone to our correspondent.
He told the Network that the police received a report that some gunmen went to the residence of the NDDC staff and abducted him.
According to him, the police immediately mobilized a police team to the scene of the crime but his abductors had already taken him away before the police team arrived.
The State Police Spokesman said that the police had commenced investigation into the incident.
