Matthew Onocheta
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped one Fabian Ihekweme, the former commissioner for foreign affairs in Nigeria’s southeastern state Imo.
In a viral video, a woman who identified as Ihekweme’s wife pleaded for the release of her husband, and revealed that the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon at their residence.
“They first took my husband’s driver to my house and gave him the phone to call my husband, and when he came out, they picked him up,” the woman said.
Fabian Ihekweme served as a commissioner between 2020 and 2022 under the Hope Uzodimma-led administration, and later defected to an opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In October, the former commissioner alleged that the governor refused to appreciate his efforts towards his reelection, despite all he did for him, according to local news outlet TheCable.
Imo State Police Command’s spokesman Henry Okoye, when contacted, said the command had not been briefed about Ihekweme’s abduction.
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