ONE of the three persons abducted by unknown gunmen within
the last nine days in Rivers has died in the kidnappers’ den.
The development came just as the
State Commissioner for Power, Mr. Augustine Wokocha, regained his freedom.
The deceased identified as Dr.
Richard Ihua-Maduenyi, was said to have taken ill and died as a result of his
inability to get immediate medical attention.
Ihua-Maduenyi, who was the Director
of Academic Planning and Statistics, Federal College of Education, Technical,
Omoku; the State Commissioner for Power, Mr. Augustine Wokocha; and the College
Librarian, Dr. R.F. Quadri had been kidnapped at different points across the
state.
It was learnt that while the
commissioner and Quadri were released on Saturday morning, Ihua-Maduenyi’s body
had already been buried in a shallow grave by his abductors.