The Deputy Vice Chancellor of Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, Prof. Godwin Emezue has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen.
According to reports, Prof. Emezue was abducted in a filling station around Umuekwule, Amachara in Umuahia South LGA where he has gone to refill his tank, along with his wife.
Eyewitnesses said the university Don was whisked away by no fewer than three men that accosted him at the fuel station, dragged him into an already waiting Lexus SUV and collected his wife’s ATM card.
The distraught wife said the abductors of her husband speed away towards the Imo-Abia border towards the Malaysian market.
As at the time of this report, the Abia State Police Command is yet to issue a statement on the incident.
