- The yet-to-be-identified assailants numbering up to seven abducted Igboayaka around 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 8, 2025.
The President of the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, has been abducted by some gunmen in Imo State.
The yet-to-be-identified assailants numbering up to seven abducted Igboayaka around 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 8, 2025.
His abduction of Igboayaka was disclosed by Chilos Godsent, President of the Igbo National Council (INC), in a statement on Sunday morning, February 9, 2025.
According to Godsent, Igboayaka was whisked away at Works Layout, Owerri, Imo State, to an unknown location by the gunmen in a Sienna and a Lexus SUV.
He stated that Igboayaka’s family is still in shock over the incident.
Godsent urged the Nigeria Police Force, Imo State Command, to take immediate action to rescue Igboayaka and bring the perpetrators to justice.
“The Igbo National Council (INC) wishes to call on the leadership of the Nigerian Police Force, Imo State Command, to immediately swing into action to determine the identity of the gunmen who forcefully took the President of the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, captive on the evening of Saturday, February 8, 2025, in Owerri Metropolis, and to make the findings public,” the statement partly reads.
The Imo Police Command has yet to react to the development as of the time of filing this report.
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