Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap Edo Lawmaker, Driver

5 February 2013

A lawmaker representing Esan Central Local Government Area in the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Victor Edoror, was reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Sunday.

Confirming the abduction of his fellow lawmaker, the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Uyi Igbe, said Edoror was kidnapped in Irrua, the administrative headquarters of Esan Central Local Government Area of the state on Sunday evening in company of his driver.

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