The Chairman of the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC), Prof. George Chima, has been kidnapped from his residence in Okigwe, Imo State.
According to sources that confirmed the incident to Vanguard, four armed men suspected to be kidnappers stormed his home while he was hosting lecturers from Abia State University, Uturu, and forcefully seized him.
Reports indicate that the assailants initially tried to escape with Chima in his car, which his driver was washing at the time.
However, their plan hit a snag when the vehicle failed to start.
An eyewitness narrated how the gunmen then hijacked a passing vehicle loaded with logs of wood and sped off with the ABSIEC chairman.
