Ebonyi South Labour Party senatorial candidate Hon Linus Abaa Okorie has been abducted.
According to a statement from his charity, Linus Okorie CaringHeart Foundation, he was taken on Sunday morning “by gunmen presumed to be operatives of Ebubeagu Security outfit reportedly ordered by Onicha Local Government Chairman” as he was “on his way to his house in Abakaliki.”
The former lawmaker and governor Dave Umahi are running for the same Senate seat.
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Dr. David Ogbonna, who signed the statement on behalf of the foundation said that: “The available information confirms that he’d been severely tortured to a near-death situation, made naked and pictures of him taken by his abductors.
“The information available as at this moment confirms that their end-point motive is to torture him to death and dump his body at Ebonyi river.
“His phones are currently with the team commander of his abductors.
“A professional tracking done on his lines reviewed Okoja Road, near Police Headquarters, as his current location. The second line showed Ebun-Nwana, Edda.
“We’re believing that his abductors may have kept his half-dead body at old Government house where the previous actions of the indicted militia group usually take place.
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“It’s also alleged that from tomorrow, and days ahead, all Hon. Linus boys and supporters will be hunted down and made to face similar situation.
“We call on the security agencies to swing into action and unravel this situation, get Hon. Linus out and alive from his abductors and bring the perpetrators of this evil to face the wrath of the law.
“We, employ our supporters, CaringHeart members, and friends of Hon. Linus not to give into unlawful acts but allow the security men do their professional jobs.”
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