Gunmen today
kidnapped an educationist in Kogi State, Paulina Audu.
The victim,
who is a retired headmistress, was abducted by gunmen at her residence at
Nagazi , in Adavi Local Government Area of the state at about 5am.
It was learnt
that the victim was kidnapped as she was on her way for morning devotion
in an unnamed church.
A source, who
craved anonymity for fear of threat to her life, said the retired
headmistress was coming out of her house to attend the devotion when the bandits,
who had led siege to her residence, suddenly emerged, pointed gun at
her and bundled her into her vehicle in which the driver was waiting to
covey the headmistress to church.
The gunmen
were said to have dragged her driver out of the vehicle and driven the
woman away to an unknown destination.
Police Public
Relations, Kogi State Command, Mr. Sola Adebayor, said he had not
been briefed on the kidnap.
On Monday,
some gunmen had kidnapped an 80-year-old American missionary, Rev. Phyllinx,
who runs the Hope Academy Nursery and Primary school, Emi-Woro in Ajaokuta
Local Government of Kogi State.
Rev. Phyllis
has not been released by her abductors, who had reportedly demanded N30m to
free her
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