Edo State Service Chief Anthony Okungbowa, a lawyer, has been kidnapped in Benin, the state capital, and his driver has been killed.

Security sources revealed that Okungbowa was captured at gunpoint and taken to an unknown destination last night while returning from a social event on Oza Road in the Orhionmwon local government area of ​​the state. They hastily carried him into the forest.

The thugs had not contacted members of the service chief’s family or Governor Godwin Obaseki about the possible payment of a ransom.

Edo State Police (PPRO) Public Relations Officer Chidi Nwabuzor, Police Superintendent (SP), who has been in Enugu since Monday for the nationwide PPRO conference, was contacted at 8:55 p.m. for his reaction, but he did not take calls and did not return newsmen calls either.

The Nation reports that Edo Police Commissioner Babatunde Kokumo, who has just been promoted to Deputy Inspector General of Police (AIG), was contacted by reporter at 9:07 pm, but the line rang twice, while text and messages WhatsApp immediately sent to him (CP) had not been answered.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), in charge of Operations in Edo State, Ayoola Ajala, was also contacted at 9:29 pm, but declined to comment, but asked reporters to get reactions from Kokumo and Nwabuzor.