Less than 24 hours after the train attack that led to abduction of about 32 passengers in Edo State, another former state lawmaker, Festus Edughele has been kidnapped by Gunmen.
The recent attack occurred on Monday morning when Edughele was en route to Benin City, the state capital.
“He was kidnapped this morning in Ubiaja on his way from Orhionmwon to Benin.
“The family is aware of his kidnap, the police division in that area has been informed and we hope action will be taken to rescue him,” a former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Festus Ebea, told the newsmen.
Efforts to get official comments from the spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwanbuzor, were unsuccessful.
The kidnap of the erstwhile lawmaker is coming after about 30 passengers were abducted at the Ekehen train station in the same Edo State.
The incident forced the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) to announce the closure of the station until further notice.
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