Anambra lawmaker, Azuka, kidnapped on way home

A lawmaker representing Onitsha North Constituency 1 in the House of Assembly, Mr Justice Azuka has been kidnapped.

According to reports, Azuka was kidnapped by gunmen at about 9:20 pm on December 24, on his way home on Ugwunabampa Road, Onitsha.

However, the Police Command in Anambra says it has recovered the vehicle belonging to the kidnapped lawmaker.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the recovery in a statement issued in Onitsha and made available to newsmen on Thursday.

Ikenga stated that the recovery of the vehicle followed an ongoing intensive operation by the command’s operatives attached to the Inland Town Division, Onitsha.

He explained that a rescue team sighted the vehicle abandoned on Upper Iweka Road.

He added that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Nnaghe Itam, had charged the rescue team to intensify efforts for the possible rescue of the lawmaker and arrest of the kidnappers.