Nnewi — NKWO Nnewi-based business mogul, Mr. Humphrey Ngonadi, who is also the managing director and the chief executive officer of Ngobros Nigeria Limited, was abducted Friday evening by a gang of unidentified gun men while returning home with the wife from a church programme.

The incident, which for quite some time now has become a recurring decimal in the industrial community of Nnewi, took place in Nnewichi, one of the quarters in Nnewi North Local Government area of Anambra state, barely 24 hours after another Nnewi-based multi-millionaire, Chief Pius Ogbuawa, narrowly escaped assassination by those believed to be hired assassins in his residence.

According to a source who spoke to Sunday Champion in Nnewi on condition of anonymity, the hoodlums came to the church programme without any vehicle pretending to be part of the event to enable them effectively monitor the victim to ensure a hitch-free operation.

The source further said as soon as the meeting ended, the kidnappers immediately trailed Mr. Ngonadi and started shooting sporadically to scare away residents, passers-by and most of those who attended the church programme before bundling him into his own (Ngonadi's) jeep to an unknown, adding that their mode of operation still remains a surprise to many, considering the fact that the kidnappers came to the place without mobility.

Sunday Champion also gathered that no contact has been established with the abductors as at the time of filing this report, as the victim's relatives are still making all the necessary efforts that will aid his release.

Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRA), Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka confirmed the story.