{"id":91641,"date":"2022-02-08T15:50:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=91641"},"modified":"2022-02-08T15:50:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:50:03","slug":"edo-gunmen-abduct-ipman-chairman-kill-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/edo-gunmen-abduct-ipman-chairman-kill-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo: Gunmen Abduct IPMAN Chairman, Kill Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Alhaji Abdul-Hamid Egele, Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has been abducted by gunmen at his residence in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Egele, popularly known as Baba Petrol, was abducted on Monday evening while his driver was killed in the process.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Edo Command, SP Bello Kontongs told newsmen that the state command was yet to get a report of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe command is not aware. I will find out from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Jattu,\u2019\u2019 Kontongs said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>However, an eyewitness told our correspondent, on condition of anonymity, that the incident happened at about 7 p.m. on Monday.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe eyewitness said that the businessman was returning home after the day\u2019s business only to be accosted by gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gunmen ambushed the IPMAN chairman with two vehicles without plate number and fired at his jeep and killed his driver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IPMAN chairman was later taken away after the security attached to him were overpowered by the gunmen who injured the security operatives,\u2019\u2019 the eyewitness said.<\/p><\/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>Alhaji Abdul-Hamid Egele, Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has been abducted by gunmen at his residence in Jattu, Etsako West&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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