May 28, 2020
By Ijendu Iheaka
Mrs Chinyere Okoye, the Assistant Manager, News and Current Affairs, Nigerian Television Authority, (NTA), Aba was abducted on Wednesday evening around 7 : 45 pm by kidnappers.
A staff of NTA, Aba and former Radio, Television and Theatre Arts Workers Union (RATAWU) Chairman, Abia state Chapter, Mr Innocent Nwokeocha confirmed the story to our Correspondent on Thursday.
Nwokeocha said the family and NTA, Aba staff have been devastated following the kidnap incident.
“She was at the station yesterday that was Children’s Day and we had a special edition because we had one child around here who acted as a News Caster.
“But the Joy was short lived when we heard the news that Mrs Okoye was kidnapped when she was driving into her residence.
“The incident happened around 7 : 40 pm or 7 : 45 pm because the new ended around 7 : 40 pm and the distance from here to her destination must have taken about 10 minutes.
“Even the things she bought for her children to celebrate the day were still in the vehicle; that is how it happened and till now I have not heard anything about the kidnappers”, he said.
Nwokeocha said the devastated children of the family ran into the station after the incident happened crying for help to return their mother to them.
Another reliable source told our Correspondent that the kidnappers have made contact with the relatives of the lady and are demanding the sum of N2.7 million ransome.
The source who refused to be named for having no authority to speaks lady is yet to be released while efforts are being made to ensure her release.
Nwokeocha noted that last month a Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) Umuahia, staff, Mrs Chinenye Iwuoha was kidnapped also with their aged driver shot in the stomach by the hoodlums.
He therefore pleaded with government and security agencies in Abia to make special efforts at safeguarding journalists in the state especially those who go to work early and those who return late.
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