{"id":100424,"date":"2022-10-17T20:29:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100424"},"modified":"2022-10-17T20:29:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:29:25","slug":"gunmen-kidnap-ex-anambra-lawmaker-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gunmen-kidnap-ex-anambra-lawmaker-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kidnap ex-Anambra lawmaker, other"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":1hx\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":1hw\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A former Anambra State House of Assembly member, Sylvester Okeke, has been kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p>Okeke was said to have been kidnapped alongside another person, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, close to a military checkpoint along the Ring Road in Awka, the state capital.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the lawmaker, who had been missing since Friday, was returning from a town union meeting when the incident happened.<\/p>\n<p>According to a family source, the kidnappers have called the former legislator\u2019s family members and demanded ransom.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe source said, \u201cHe is the national vice president of the union. After the meeting, he went to his shop in Agulu, where he sells wine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe learnt that it was while he was going back to Awka that he was kidnapped. He was said to be alone in his car. And we learned that they were two that were kidnapped.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cSo, the second person might be the owner of the second vehicle that is behind his own, but nobody knows the identity of that person yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another source in the ex-legislator\u2019s Agulu hometown in Anaocha Local Government Area of the state told journalists that the family members of the former lawmaker were handling the issue secretly so as not to make any public statement that could jeopardise the chances of negotiating his freedom.<\/p>\n<p>A viral video online showed the ex-lawmaker\u2019s car marked \u2018Anambra State Legislature, 11A-AA\u2019 and a Toyota car marked LSR 409 GU, parked along the Ring Road in Awka, appeared to be riddled with bullets.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, the state police spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, said he was unaware of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have such complaint before me, but I will make an inquiry and get back to you please,\u201d Ikenga added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Anambra State House of Assembly member, Sylvester Okeke, has been kidnapped. 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