NNEWI – An unidentified man said to be a clergyman has been reportedly abducted at Nnobi Roundabout, near Nnewi, in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Eyewitnesses said the man who was driving Lexus FX 300 with plate number Anambra GDD 882 PW was heading towards the Awka-Etiti direction when the hoodlums stormed the place.

It was gathered that the victim had stopped his car at the Nnobi Junction to buy some fruits when his cellular phone rang.

According to an eyewitness, 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 assailants forcefully bundled the man into their jeep leaving the victim’s car on the road before driving off.

The incident which occurred Monday night, April 25, 2023, at 8:35 pm disrupted the evening market and street trading along the road as the hoodlums shot sporadically into the air.

Nnobi Junction had become notorious for abductions, armed robbery, killings among other vices since 2021 when the IPOB declared Monday a ghost day popularly known as sit-at-home in the South East, Nigeria.

The car was still standing on the road facing the Awka-Etiti axis of the notorious Nnobi Junction, Tuesday morning, the second time our correspondent went to the scene of the incident.

The vehicle was later driven off the same Tuesday morning by security operatives believed to be policemen from the state police command.

However, there were not any casualties but many people, including pregnant women, nursing mothers among others, were said to have sustained various degrees of injury as they ran helter-skelter in different directions to safety when the hoodlums began shooting.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Anambra State Police Command, Ikenga Tochukwu 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.

The pictures above show the Lexus FX 300 belonging to the abductee. (Daily Independent)

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