A yet to be identified gunmen at about 5:10pm yesterday kidnapped five persons along the ever busy Mile 2 axis of the Ishiagu/Okigwe expressed road, Ebonyi State.
The victims were said to be returning home from Enugu Airport with an airport taxi (Sienna bus) with reg/no. KWL 941 PD before they were kidnapped at Mile 2 area, Ishiagu, and taken into the nearby bush by unknown gunmen.
A Source from the community who spoke on grounds of anonymity gave the names of the Kidnapped victims as one Ajah Chibuzo Aged 41. His wife. his 12years old daughter and the airport driver of the vehicle.
The Source further revealed that the hoodlums while taking the victims into the bush also met a farmer in his farm and also abducted him.
He stated that the vehicle conveying the victims were abandoned at the scene of the incident, but was later recovered to Ishiagu police station.
Not fewer than 20 persons have been Kidnapped along the axis in the last 4 months with about 4 killed by the rampaging kidnappers who are suspected to be herdsmen.
The women of the community had about few months ago staged a protest which later turned violence following the continued abduction of innocent residents of the area by hoodlums.
