Reports just indicate that the Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowan has been abducted in Benin-city.

Security sources disclosed that Okungbowa was kidnapped at gunpoint on Saturday evening and whisked to an unknown destination, while the hoodlums are yet to reach members of the family of the victim or Governor Godwin Obaseki, on the payment of ransom.

The Nation said that the Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Chidi Nwabuzor, a Superintendent of Police (SP), could not be reached for comment, at the time of this report.