NRC Managing Directors’ Wife Kidnapped In Benin

News filtering in reports that the wife of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Francisca Okhiria has allegedly, been kidnapped in Benin, Edo State.

Mrs. Okhiria, according to available information, was said to have been trailed from Airport road in the city centre by the hoodlums before being accosted at the entrance of her house in a deadly and violent manner.

The armed men who were said to be in police uniforms, first opened fire severally before abducting her to an unknown destination. The daredevil kidnappers, who were trying to get away with their victim, reportedly shot and killed an innocent military man who was standing by the roadside.

   

The reports revealed that the woman was taken through Airport road where the kidnappers had allegedly stationed their boat at the bank of Ogba river.

As at the time of filing in this report, the kidnappers were yet to make any ransom demand. The police have already stepped up an action to rescue the woman unhurt.

When Tribune Online put a call through to the phone of the NRC Managing Director, Engineer Fidet Okhiria, his phone was picked by someone else who stated that the MD cannot speak for now, and also pleaded that the NRC MD should be left in peace at the moment.