{"id":97674,"date":"2022-08-04T08:22:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T07:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=97674"},"modified":"2022-08-04T08:22:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T07:22:26","slug":"ex-state-lawmaker-kidnapped-in-anambra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-state-lawmaker-kidnapped-in-anambra\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex state lawmaker kidnapped in Anambra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">A former member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Benson Nwawulu was over the weekend abducted by gunmen<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the two term state lawmaker who left the State Assembly in 2019, was abducted in his house in Ihiala on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Though details of his abduction were not made public, a source who spoke on condition of anonymity\u00a0 said that the former lawmaker\u2019s son has reached out to some current members of the state assembly who were Nwawulu\u2019s colleagues for financial assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident, the state Police Command said that efforts are at advanced stage to release them.<br \/>\nThe state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga said, \u201cYes, he was kidnapped on Sunday, and we are working to release him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will be rescued soon, because we are on their trail, and efforts are on top gear, and soon he will be rescued.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/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 member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Benson Nwawulu was over the weekend abducted by gunmen It was gathered that the two term state lawmaker who&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":97675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97674","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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