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BREAKING: Top Southeast Politician, Several Others Kidnapped In Enugu

One of the survivors, who shared a video of the attack, said the gunmen were about eight in number.

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Top Southeast Politician and several others have been kidnapped in Enugu.

 

Newsonline reports that a former Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Dr. Dan Shere has been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.

This online news platform understands that the Top Southeast Politician is among several other commuters kidnapped along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road on Thursday, October 27, 2022.

 

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Newsonline Nigeria reports that Shere who is a medical doctor served under the administration of former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani.

 

A report monitored on DAILY POST by this Newsonline reporter, quoted a source to have said that the Enugu politician was traveling to Nsukka for a meeting when the gunmen attacked him alongside other travelers.

 

One of the survivors, who shared a video of the attack, said the gunmen were about eight in number.

“They shot severally at our vehicle; one of us was hit by the bullets. But our driver managed to move on. We succeeded in taking the victim to the hospital,” he narrated while thanking God for saving him and four others from the same community.

Meanwhile, Newsonline learned that the kidnappers, who are said to be Fulani herdsmen, have increased their ransom demand on those they earlier picked on Sunday.

 

“They earlier demanded the sum of N2m on one of the victims but they have now increased it to N30m. They search the phones of the victims to know their status,” the source said.

Returning students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who were abducted on Sunday are also yet to be freed.

Meanwhile, an inquiry sent to the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Enugu State Police Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe has not been returned as of the time of filing this report.

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