Yet to be identified gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the younger sister to wife of Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, in Asaba, the state capital.
The victim identified as Elizabeth, was accosted by a gang of young men around Temple Clinic junction, along Awai road near Government House on Monday night in Asaba and taken away in a waiting vehicle to an unknown location.
The victim, it was reported, was driving a black Jeep when she was abducted.
According to a government source who confided in The Punch, “They (the kidnappers) shot endlessly into the air to scare away people.
“Out of fear, the lady, who was ordered out of her vehicle, jumped into their waiting vehicle,” the source said.
The top government functionary on Wednesday said the incident has since thrown the governor, wife and her entire family into trauma.
The source added that, for security reasons, the matter was not placed on red alert but that intelligence gathering had since commenced to rescue her unhurt.
When contacted, the Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, Adeyinka Adeleke, said he’s not aware of the situation.
The source said no contact has been established with the family or any personality in government.
