TWO CHINESE EXPATRIATES ABDUCTED IN EBONYI
The Ebonyi State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Loveth Odah who confirmed the incident said that the Chinese expatriates were working on a road project in Ohaozara Local Government Area of the State when they were forcefully taken away by armed gunmen.
“They were taken off the construction site around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday by a group of masked armed men, the police spokesperson said, adding that the victims were at a place called Ivo River when the gunmen invaded the place with arms, forced the workers out of the pit and took the two Chinese to an unknown destination.
Penpushing further reports that, Odah said the police have dispatched officials to rescue the victims, stating that, “the area was combed to track down the bandits but no result, a track down rescue team has been dispatched to move on in order to rescue the Chinese nationals unhurt,”
“The State Commissioner of Police, Awoshola Awotinde, on receiving information of the kidnap personally led a tactical team to the construction site, owned by Tongyi group of companies located at Ivo river at the boundary between Ebonyi and Enugu state, where Sun Zhixin and Wang Quing Hu, both male, Chinese nationals were forcefully taken away
The Police image maker appealed for adequate information from the general public to help the police in their investigation, but expressed shock that the company moved to such lonely site without applying for security from the police.
Penpushing recalled that, the kidnap of the Chinese occurs days after a Briton was killed in Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria.
The former Senior Special Adviser to the Governor, , Enekwachi Akpa in an interview described his escape as an act of God and called on the security agencies to swing into action and ensure the prompt release of the victims.
Penpushing further reports that, the company is constructing the road which links the Ohaozara community called Ogwu with Ivo local government and Okpanku Community in Enugu State.
Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, there is heavy presence of security personal at different points within and outside the capital city and adjoining towns in Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state.
