Gunmen on Friday kidnapped Emma Ogueri, a lecturer at Imo State University, Owerri, The Punch is reporting.
According to the ThePunch, Ogueri, a lecturer at the Faculty of Social Science , was abducted at a pharmacy opposite All Seasons Hotel located at Owerri .
He was said to be hanging out with friends and had gone to the pharmacy to buy medicine when he was kidnapped.
The victim , a native of Eziama autonomous community in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the State , was whisked away by his abductors who were allegedly dressed in police uniform.
A source told our correspondent that the victim was beaten before he was taken away in a waiting vehicle.
The source said , “ The lecturer was drinking with his friends and suddenly said he was having a headache and went across the road to buy drugs .
“ As he approached the pharmacy, men dressed in police uniform, wielding guns, jumped out of a vehicle, used a machete on the lecturer and whisked him into a waiting vehicle. ”
Our correspondent gathered that the kidnappers had established communication with the family of the victim .
The police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu , said that the kidnap incident had been reported , the police had swung into action.
