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Former Secretary General of the apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Elder Statesman, Chief Nduka Eya has been abducted by unknown gunmen.
Chief Eya was said to have been taken away from his residence on Thursday night with his driver by the gunmen who are already demanding N16 million ransom for his release.
The gunmen allegedly invaded Chief Eya’s house, a bungalow, along Brown and Brown road, Independence Layout Enugu, where they took him away.
He served as one time commissioner for Education in the old Anambra state, and also a one-time Resident Electoral Commissioner, before retiring from active public service over a decade ago.
His wife, Prof. Regina Eya, a professor of Psychology at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, said she was not at home when the abductors came at night on Thursday and as such could not say how many they were in number.
She also noted that the abductors were mentioning N15m and N16m when they called to demand ransom.