Gunmen Kidnap Appeal Court Judge’s Wife As Aide Slumps And Dies
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Gunmen have kidnapped the wife of Justice Ignatius Agube of the Court of Appeal, Ekwele, while her aide also died during the attack.
Sources said the gunmen, who drove a Volkswagen Audi80 car, stormed the victim’s shop at Ekorinim in Calabar on Saturday and whisked her away to an unknown destination.
It was gathered that during the incident, Ekwele’s personal assistant, Glory Mpama, collapsed and later died in a Calabar hospital.
PUNCH Metro could not confirm if she was shot during the kidnap of her boss or if she died of shock.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Sunday.
“I am aware that she (Ekwele) was kidnapped yesterday (Saturday). We are trying to rescue her. The Commissioner of Police has deployed the anti-cultism and kidnapping squads to track down the kidnappers,” she said.
As of the time of filing this report, contact had not been made with the family of the victim by the abductors.
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