Four suspected criminals have abducted Mr. Stanley Okwekwe, a management staff member of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) at Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state.
An eyewitness said on Tuesday in Eket that the victim was abducted at the front of his residence in Eket at about 9: 00 p.m. on Sunday.
The witness hinted that the abductors had established contact with Mr. Okwekwe’s wife at the time of filing this report.
It was explained that the wife had reported the incident to the Management of NUPRC on Monday.
“The family has accepted to pay the sum of N10 million as ransom,” the witness alleged.
He said that the abductors have asked for the ransom from the wife of the victim to release her husband.
Reacting, the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko MacDon, expressed shock at the incident.
“We will find out, but for now, I don’t have any information with me,” MacDon said.
One Mrs. Uduak Akpan, a businesswoman, residing in Ata-Idung Afaha Eket in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, was abducted on April 9.