Imo kidnappers abduct businessman

A Lagos-based businessman, Benedict Kpaduwa, has been abducted by some gunmen at his hometown in Anara, in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.

Kpaduwa was a former Principal Manager, Finance and Accounts, at the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria.

It was learnt that the victim was abducted around 9am on the premises of his firm, Mekcyn Investment.

Eyewitnesses said the armed men were  in a Hummer bus.

They reportedly trailed Kpaduwa to the premises of the firm and dragged him out of his Toyota Corolla after shooting repeatedly into the air to scare away his workers and passersby.

The victim had just returned home from Lagos when the incident happened.

Source: Punch