Reports reaching us say the Wife of Mr. Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, Mrs. Francisca Okhiria was allegedly kidnapped in Benin yesterday along Ulegun Road near Benin – City by unknown gunmen.
Sources say Mrs. Okhiria was trailed from Airport Road by the suspected kidnappers and abducted at the entrance of her house amidst violence. .
The armed men who were in police uniform first opened fire severally before abducting her killing a bystander who was an innocent military man.
Newsannex gathered that the woman was taken through the Airport Road to Ogba River where the kidnappers stationed their boat and took her to an unknown destination.
As at press time, attempts made to reach the Police Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, Mr. Chidi Nwanbunor for his comment proved abortive but a competent police source disclosed that the Police has already stepped action to ensure that the woman was rescued unhurt, the kidnappers were yet to make any ransom demand.
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