Gunmen have kidnapped one Mr Justice Azunda, a protocol officer to the immediate past Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House, Chief Emeka Woke.
The gunmen had invaded the Isiodu community where Mr Azunda and others were in a meeting, shot sporadically in a commando style before whisking him away.
Speaking on the incident, the Chairman of Emuoha Local Government Area, Dr Chidi Lloyd, said a suspected kidnapper, simply identified as Wordi, who had been declared wanted was responsible for the kidnap.
Dr Lloyd stated, “In what I describe as a very sad incident yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Wordi and his gang invaded Isiodu community where Justice Azunda and some other persons were holding a meeting and they shot sporadically into the meeting.
“In the ensuing melee, Mr Justice Azunda was abducted.
He charged members of a local vigilante group called Emuoha Local Government Vigilante Service to assist the security agencies and ensure the victim’s early release.
He said, “Members of the Emuoha Vigilante are up and doing in recent times. They have been in the bush. I have charged them once again to ensure that Mr Justice Azunda is released unscattered.”
