Nigeria : Retired Army General escapes kidnap attack, kills gang member

By Anayo Okoli & Tony Edike

 A retired Army General, Josesph Okoloagu has shot dead  a member of a kidnap gang that attempted to abduct him in Aba, Abia State on Monday.

Okoloagu, a former Nigerian Military attaché to Pakistan, was attacked by suspected kidnappers Monday  night while  travelling to Port-Harcourt in his 604 Peugoet car at Alaoji-Ugwunagbo axis of  Aba – Port-Harcourt expressway.

The Action Congress chieftain was in company of his private driver and a security detail when the heavily armed kidnappers surfaced from a bush and opened fire on his vehicle, forcing it to a halt.

According to eyewitnesses, policemen on duty at a checkpoint 50 yards away from the scene, escaped on hearing sounds of gunshots, leaving Okoloagu and the two other persons in his car at the mercy of the hoodlums.
The young men immediately surrounded the car and one of them moved to grab the already wounded ex- Army General who sat on the car owner’s side of the back seat.

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