A judge of the Delta State High Court was yesterday kidnapped by gunmen
Newly-appointed Justice Marcel Okoh, a former Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the state, was kidnapped by gun totting men at Oria-Abraka in Ethiope -East Local Government. He was reported to be travelling to Warri where he is the vacation judge for High Court 4.
He was said to have been trailed from Umunede, along the Benin-Asaba Expressway by the armed men who overtook his car at Oria, along the Agbor-Abraka-Ughelli road, where he was ambushed and seized.
The kidnappers had not contacted his family as at last night.
Delta Police spokesman Charles Muka said: “We have recovered his Sports Utilitty Vehicle (SUV) and a manhunt is on for his kidnappers.”
Kidnapping of high profile people have increased, with the recent kidnap of Super Eagles midfielder Christian Obodo and a son of the Secretary to the Delta State Government, Ovozourie Macualey. Lawmakers, top politicians and top government functionaries are not spared.
- The Nation
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What I see in GEJ is that NO ACTION at all. Kidnapping, killing people all the time.
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