JUST IN: Military Colonel Abducted in Delta

By Joseph Bienbo

Insecurity- A Nigerian army officer with the rank of a lieutenant Colonel, identified as Lt Colonel Josiah, has been reported kidnapped from his lodge after he attended a marriage ceremony at a neighboring community in Bomadi local government area of Delta State.

The incident occurred yesterday at Bomadi town, the headquarters of the council area, residents are in panic, with soldiers from the Bomadi Division of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) patrolling Bomadi and surrounding communities.

Further findings revealed that Lt Colonel Josiah attended a marriage ceremony at Kpakiama community, a neighbouring community of Bomadi, over the weekend. After attending the ceremony, he retired to his lodge at Bomadi, the council’s headquarters.

Sources disclosed that the armed kidnappers, struck at the lodge in the early hours in the morning of around 2 am to 2.30 am, broke into various rooms, took the phones of lodgers and made away with the military officer in a getaway vehicle that had already been waiting.

“The kidnappers came to the hotel around 2 am to 2.30 am last night. They searched every room, took the phones of lodgers and forced the military officer to the outside. They even shot a gun before zooming out of the hotel premises with the military officer in their vehicle. There was also blood on the ground after they had left the premises.

“The following day, we heard that the JTF had found the vehicle in which they carried out the operation in neighbouring Tuomo community, which was abandoned by the side of the Tuomo- Ogbobagbene-Tamigbe-Torugbene-Ojobo road. The vehicle has already been brought to their base at Bomadi,” he said.

However, there is tension in Bomadi and environs over the incident, with residents expressing the fear of the unknown over what they termed possible transferred aggression on ordinary citizens with strict measures.