The management of the Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) has confirmed the kidnap of its Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof Godwin Emezue, by gunmen.
ABSU Registrar, Dr Acho Elendu who confirmed it to newsmen, described it as very unfortunate.
He said that information was still sketchy about the incident but added that the incident took place around his village.
Meanwhile, Vanguard gathered that some unidentified gunmen abducted the DVC at a filling station around Umuekwule, Amachara in Umuahia South Local Government Area where he had gone to buy fuel.
He was said to be with the wife when the incident occurred.
According to an eyewitness account, Prof Emezue was whisked away by no fewer than three men that accosted him at the fuel station, dragged him into an already waiting Lexus SUV and collected his wife’s ATM card.
The wife was quoted as saying that the abductors of her husband sped off and raced towards the Imo-Abia border towards the Malaysian market.
Efforts to contact the police for confirmation were not successful as the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Moureen Chinaka, did not pick calls put across to her.
The Commissioner of Police Kenechukwu Onwuemelie did also not pick calls put across to him.
Kidnapping and other violent crime have been on the decline in the state in the recent times following the successful launch of Operation Crush by the State Government.
