Gunmen kidnap female magistrate in Imo state

Unknown gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a serving 
female magistrate in Imo State, Mrs. P. U. Adikibe, at 
Umuapu in Ohaji/Egbema local council area of Imo State.

 According to ERICGOSSIP, that the magistrate’s driver was
also taken hostage with his boss.

The story that made the rounds yesterday in Owerri, had it 
that the lady was kidnapped on her way home from work.

An Owerri based legal practitioner, who spoke on strict
grounds of anonymity, said that “Mrs. Adikibe is in charge 
of the Ihiagwa Magistrate Court, and was on her way home when the hoodlums struck”.

When contacted on his mobile telephone line, the
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, who confirmed the incident, however disclosed that the woman and her
 driver were rescued less than 12 hours later and reunited 
with their families.

“When the Police Command got wind of the incident, I
immediately raised a rescue team headed by myself and
 went after the hoodlums”, Lakanu said.

According to the CP, “we went after the kidnappers and
 when they couldn’t keep the pace, they abandoned the magistrate’s driver and the car and took the magistrate away”.

Continuing, the CP said that the driver disclosed the escape
route of the hoodlums.

“The driver’s narrative led us to the forest where the magistrate was quarantined by her captors. At the end of the encounter, she was rescued unhurt and reunited with her family”, Lakanu recounted.

While calling on patriotic citizens to report people of
questionable characters in their communities to the police
 for appropriate action, the CP however reasoned that criminals do not live in the moon, but among the people.

“If patriots fail to report such people to the police, they or
 their relations may be the next victims”, the CP said.