NEMA Official
Kidnappers Abduct
NEMA Official
Kidnappers Abduct 4 NEMA Staff, Shoot Another in
Rivers
Four senior staff of the National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen while another was shot
on Tuesday evening in River State.
PRNigeria gathered that the incident took place in Abua-Odual
Local Government Area (LGA) of State, while the officers were on
official duties.
The officers were in the state to conduct an enumeration
exercise to determine the number of farmers who were either
affected flood or conflicts to benefit from the National Emergency
Agricultural Intervention Fund.
The fund which is under the National Food Security Program of
the Federal Government is to cover 18 states of the federation.
Those abducted include a woman and three men who had
successfully completed the enumeration exercise they were carrying
out in some parts of Rivers State.
Security sources confided in PRNigeria that the officers were
returning from the assignment that the unexpected incident
occurred.
“I can authoritatively tell you that four emergency workers with
NEMA are presently in captivity. They were kidnapped at Abua Odua
near Ahoada in Rivers State yesterday in evening after an
undertaken official assignment,” the source said.
He added that “However, one of the NEMA staff who was shot in
the leg escaped being kidnapped alongside his colleagues, after he
pretended to be dead. He has been admitted at an undisclosed health
centre for medical attention.
“The abducted officers travelled in a NEMA Hilux van, which was
not in good condition and even broke down several times on their
way. It was a personal car of one of the NEMA staffs that came to
their rescue to continue the journey before the incident.
“They were neither paid the travelling allowances nor provided
with adequate security or accommodation before they were mandated
by NEMA management in Abuja to travel on that emergency assignment.
But thank God, they have friends and relations in the states they
were deployed to. So, they temporarily stayed and lodge themselves
with their relations and friends.”
When contacted, the state police spokesperson, Omoni Nnamdi told
PRNigeria that he was yet to be officially briefed on the
incident.
However, the Director-General of NEMA, Engineer Mustapha Maihaja
could not be reached on phone to speak on the incident, as he was
said to be out of the country.
PRNigeria