By Henry Opia
Unknown gunmen on Saturday, kidnapped the chairman of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Aduge Okorodudu.
Sources said the council chairman was seized along Mabiaku-Ajamimogha link road in Warri Government Reserved Area (GRA) after his driver was shot.
The driver was said have sustained severe injuries from the gun shot and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital few minute before 7:pm Saturday night.
A source from the area said that the chairman and his driver were the only occupants in the vehicle when the incident occurred.
According to the source, “They were attacked along Mabiaku-Ajamimogha link road in Warri GRA. They were just two in the vehicle when the gunmen waylaid them. The driver was shot. They were returning from a function when the incident took place.”
State Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa, and the state Police Public Relations Officers, Onome Onowakpoyeya, were not immediately available to comment on this report as they did not respond to calls put across to them.