Gunmen attack monarch, abduct wife

Wife of the traditional ruler of Abba-
Igogoro in Igbo Eze North Local
Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe
Omale Nwogbo, Adiza, has been
kidnapped by unknown persons who
invaded her home. The woman was
kidnapped days after some armed men
invaded the palace and inflicted machete
cuts on her husband before shooting at
three other persons with him in his palace at about 8pm. According to police sources, the traditional ruler was meeting with some
people in his Igogoro palace when the
gunmen struck and reportedly shot one
Joshua Urama at the back while Igwe
Ogbo himself, Emmanuel Tobechukwu
Idoko and Sunday Ogbo sustained
injuries on their heads and faces. Igwe
Ogbo was said to have been reportedly
given three machete cuts on his head.The attack took place at a time members
of the ruling People’s Democratic Party,
PDP, in the local government were
holding the Ward Congress at Enugu Ezike
to elect delegates for the local
government congress to elect
chairmanship candidates for the local
government elections scheduled for later
in the year. Igwe Ogbo and the other victims, who
sustained serious bullet wounds, were
rushed to the Bishop Shanahan Hospital
Annex in Enugu Ezike, the council
headquarters for urgent medical attention.However, Adiza, 85, was abducted by
some people who reportedly claimed to have come from the neighbouring Isugwu community, exactly four days after her husband was attacked in his palace. The police were still trying the unravel the reasons behind the attack on Ogbo when his wife was abducted.