A Catholic priest at Nnobi Round-about in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State has been kidnapped by armed gun men.
According to reports, the cleric who was driving Lexus FX 300 with plate number Anambra GDD 882 PW was heading towards the Awka-Etiti direction when the men of the under world stormed the place.
An eye witness said the cleric had stopped his car at the Nnobi Junction to buy some fruits when his cellular phone rang.
He was still answering the call and looking around for the caller when he was double-crossed by another car whose occupants were armed to the teeth.
The eye witness further narrated how the assailants forcefully bundled the man into their jeep leaving the victim’s car on the road before driving off.
The hoodlums were said to have shot sporadically into the air, in the process disrupting the evening market and street trading along the road as the hoodlums shot sporadically into the air.
The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ikenga Tochukwu when contacted by newsmen said there was no report of the incident before him at press time, adding that he would spread the information.
“Thank you for this information, but there is no report like that before me. I will escalate this information to our operatives in the area,” the PPRO said.
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