Kidnappers Abduct Brother of Vanguard Reporter in Edo

Sylvester Idowu in Warri
Suspected Fulani herdsmen, last night kidnapped Chief James Omafuaire, the elder brother of Vanguard’s Senior Photojournalist at his Ikpeshi Quarry site after collecting N200,000.

Omafuaire was abducted along with his wife and a customer while in the site.
According to Christy Omafuaire Atie, “My father was supervising his workers at his quarry site in Ikpeshi near Auchi when the Fulani herdsmen with guns kidnapped him, his wife and a customer.

“They collected N200,000 from the customer and released his wife but they took both of them inside the bush.
“They have not contacted us. We call on the Edo State Governor to do everything to release my father. We beg the kidnappers to release him unhurt.”

Omafuaire is a retired Superintendent of Police and former Divisional Police Officer, Igarra. He is over 80 years old.