The search
for a kidnapped member of the National Youth Service Corps, Uchenna
Abueme, who allegedly escaped from his abductors, has intensified in
Delta State.
Abueme, our correspondent learnt, was forcibly taken away three days ago while driving on Ekeobi Nwandu Street in Asaba.
One
Chris Chinonso, said to be the salesboy of Abueme’s father was also
seized from the car which is said to belong to the corper’s father.
Following
the kidnapping, which took place on Friday around 7.30pm, the police
were said to have begun a manhunt for the two victims.
The
three-man armed gang was said to have taken their victims to their
hideout in Okpanam, Asaba where they were already demanding an
unspecified amount of money.
However, men of the ‘A’ division in Asaba were already closing in on the kidnappers, when they sighted the police and fled.
Unaware
that the police were in the surrounding to rescue them, Abueme and
Chinonso immediately fled into a nearby bush where they reportedly lost
their way.
As at 4.15pm on Sunday, a
search party had been dispatched to help locate the corps member, while
Chinonso had found his way out of the bush.
The
State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Charles Muka, who confirmed
the incident, said the police had been searching the bushes in the town
in their effort to rescue the corps member.
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