Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme of the Court of Appeal in Edo State has been kidnapped. A police orderly attached to Justice Nwosu-Iheme was shot dead by the kidnappers.
Witnesses said the kidnappers of Justice Nwosu-Iheme operated in a Toyota Voltron car and carried out the operation along the Benin-Agbor road near Christ Chosen Church while she was on her way to Abuja.
The witnesses said the kidnappers opened fire and killed the police orderly after overtaken the car in which the kidnapped Justice was riding.
Commissioner of Police in the state, DanMallam Mohammed confirmed the incident. He said, ‘The Judge was kidnapped on Wednesday but security measures are in place to rescue her.
Mohammed assured that the command would “bring the kidnappers to book by the power of the Almighty God”.
