Police command in Benue State has confirmed the kidnap of a Supermarket owner simply identified as Oga John, in Igumale, Ado Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, told newsmen on Sunday in Makurdi that policemen were on the trail of the kidnappers.
Anene said the businessman, of Igbo extraction, was kidnapped on Saturday morning at his business premises located at Camp Junction in Igumale, Ado Local Government Area.
A resident of Igumale said John owned the only big supermarket in the area, and that he was at the mall transacting business when the kidnappers stormed the premises and open fire immediately.
The eye witness said the gunmen started shooting sporadically during which they whisked away the trader to an unknown destination.
