Bandits abduct Benue commissioner

Chief Dennis Ekpe Ogbu, Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development has been kidnapped.

Ogbu was abducted along Ado-Otukpo road in the state.

Reports said Ogbu reportedly traveling to his Ado, home local government when the captors forced his Hilux vehicle to a halt at Adankari junction about 9pm and whisked him away.

It was gathered that while the police have recovered the Hilux van, the whereabouts of the commissioner is yet unknown.

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Catherine Anene, confirmed the incident to Daily Trust on telephone.

“Incident confirmed, we are on our way to the area, I will give you more information when we get there,” Anene said.