Joshua Rogers, a journalist and reporter with Channels Television, has reportedly been abducted at his residence in Rumuosi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
He was said to have been trailed from his place of work to his residence before the abductors aggressively approached him before he alighted from his car, pointed a gun at him and whisked him along with his vehicle off to an unknown destination at about 9 pm.
He was revealed to have earlier covered an event in Ndoni in the Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of the state where Governor Siminalayi Fubara, inaugurated a Primary Healthcare Centre donated by a former governor of the state, Peter Odili.
“Yes, he was kidnapped last night at his residence in Rumuosi and taken away in his car by some unknown gunmen.
“We are appealing to the kidnappers to release him immediately and unhurt. He is just a journalist doing his job and not a moneybags. So I don’t know the purpose of his kidnap,” said an eyewitness.
Meanwhile, it was gathered that the miscreants are demanding ₦30m as ransom before releasing him.
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