Some gunmen have kidnapped a prominent politician and businessman, Obong Akpan-Ntuk, from the Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
Akpan-Ntuk was reportedly abducted along with his wife around 7pm on Saturday, on his way home from Ibom International Airport.
Although details of the kidnap were still sketchy as of press time, it was learnt that the incident occurred at a village in the Mkpat Enin LGA, near Ikot Abasi.
The victims, it was also gathered, were returning home after attending the inauguration of the new Managing Director of the Niger-Delta Development Commission, Obong Ekere, at Abuja, on Friday.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa Ibom State Police Command, Cordelia Nwawe, confirmed the incident, but declined to give further details of the kidnap.
“His name is Obong Akpan-Ntuk. Investigation is in progress,” Nwawe said.
She did not confirm if the wife of the politician was also kidnapped by the assailants.
Akpan-Ntuk was a former chairman of Ikot Abasi LGA in 1990, under the National Republican Convention.
Source: Punch
