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From TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt
Gunmen have abducted a business woman known as Mrs Onyi Ugba at Okija Street, Mile 2 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The incident occurred on Friday night.
Sunday Sun gathered that the gunmen, who were about five in number and heavily armed, stormed the Superstore of Mrs. Ugba located at Umuoji junction/Okija Street to demand that the business woman should hand over to them all the money she made from sales for the day.
The source said the gunmen got infuriated when the woman could not provide enough money which made the criminals to change their plan from robbery to abducting her.
Sources within the vicinity said people scampered to safety, as the gunmen shot sporadically while whisking away.
According to eyewitnesses, personnel of Mile 1 Police Diobu, however, arrived the scene minutes after the hoodlums had left.
The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko,a Superintendent of Police (SP), confirmed the incident to journalists.
She disclosed that efforts were intensified by the command to rescue the victim unhurt and arrest the fleeing suspects.
It would be recalled that in tDecember, 2022, armed gang members robbed Mrs. Ugba of money running into millions when they stormed her Superstore at the same Okija Street.
The incident was reported to Mile 1 Police Division, but the suspects were yet to be arrested before the latest incident on Friday.
