An army officer was abducted in the early hours of Tuesday after armed men stormed a lodge in Bomadi, Delta State.
The senior officer, identified as Lt.-Col. Josiah, had reportedly returned from a wedding in Kpakiama community and was resting at his lodge in Bomadi, headquarters of Bomadi Local Government Area, when the gunmen launched the attack.
According to accounts, the incident occurred between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., sparking fear across the riverside town. Soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force (JTF) have since stepped up security patrols in Bomadi and nearby communities.
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A witness, who asked not to be named, described how the kidnappers carried out the operation.
“The kidnappers came to the hotel about 2 a.m. to 2.30 a.m. They searched every room, took the phones of lodgers and forced the military officer outside. They even fired shots 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-Overside,” the source said.
Efforts to reach Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, for comments were unsuccessful, as calls to his official line went unanswered at the time of filing this report.
(Platinum Post)