Gunmen abduct prison official along Lokoja-Enugu road, demand N10m ransom

Gunmen have abducted Innocent Ogbu, a senior officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), along the Lokoja-Enugu road.

Ogbu was kidnapped on Saturday alongside 15 other passengers who were travelling to Enugu in a commercial bus.

In a statement on Monday, Rabiu Shuaibu, spokesperson of the NCoS Niger command, said Ogbu was heading to correctional training school in Enugu for a development course.

Ogbu is the deputy superintendent of corrections. He is also the unit commander of the armed squad wing at the Minna old medium security custodial centre, Niger state.

“According to the available report, the officer was kidnapped along with 15 fifteen other passengers traveling to Enugu in an 18 seater commercial bus,”  Shuaibu said.

“The incident has been reported to relevant security agencies including the police and DSS.”

The abductors have contacted the family of the prison official to demand N10 million as ransom.

This is not the first time gunmen have kidnapped a prison official in Niger state.

In April, gunmen kidnapped Abdulrahamam Ibrahim Gelele, controller of corrections of the Niger state correctional centre, along the Ilorin-Minna road.