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Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt
Gunmen have abducted a female councillor from Ogu-Bolo in Rivers State, Hannah Alasomuka, demanding a ransom of N50m for her freedom.
Alasomuka, who represents Ward 6 in Ikpokiri town, in the Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area, was kidnapped by three gunmen who shot continuously to scare away residents near a wharf at Igbokiri on Sunday.
A source said the councillor, who is popularly called nurse, was kidnapped at Igbokiri Wharf in Ogu/Bolo.
The councillor’s kinsman and Chief Whip of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Evans Bipi, in a short text message to our correspondent on Tuesday, said the abductors demanded N50m.