Rotimi Amaechi’s Aid Kidnapped By Unknown Gunmen At APC Rally

An aide to the Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, Freddy Ndigbara was on Sunday kidnapped by gunmen, police have confirmed. Ndigbara was kidnapped by hoodlums in Kaani Community, Khana Local Government Area. According to reports, Ndigbara, popularly called Freddie by Government House workers, was accosted and forced into a waiting car by the gunmen during a rally organized by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the area. Eyewitnesses say the kidnappers had stormed the rally with a red Toyota Highlander sports utility van, made a quick search for their target before forcing him into the car and speeding off to an unknown destination, just as members of the party in Kaani, Ward Six, took cover to avoid being shot by the suspected kidnappers. The former Chief Press Secretary to Amaechi, Blessing Wikina, said a group of gunmen, suspected to be thugs working for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) invaded the rally and took Ndigbara away.