Gunmen on Friday kidnapped two Nigeria Security and Civil Defence officers while on their way to Benin from the northern part of Edo State .
The development came three days after the wife of the Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation was kidnapped in the state.
Francis Okunwe , who is the Area Commander of the Edo North Area Command, and the Divisional Officer of Irrua, Chief Superintended of Corps Albert Eguavoen , were said to have been abducted at Ewosaa before Ebele in Igueben Local Government Area of the state at about 2 pm .
The state Commissioner of Police , Danmallam Mohammed , who confirmed the incident , said they were on the trail of their abductors.
It was learnt that the officers were forced to divert to Igueben road because of the sorry state of the Benin -Auchi -Okenne road .
A source said , “ The Toyota Sienna they were travelling in has been recovered from where it was abandoned, while some NSCDC officers have been deployed in the area .
“ They were on their way to Benin but because of the bad portion along the Auchi -Benin – Okenne road , they decided to pass through Igueben to cut off the bad spots. But unfortunately the incident happened around Ewossa before Ekpon. ”
Spokesman for the corps in the state , Efosa Ogbebor , could not confirm the incident .
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