THERE is currently a brewing tension in Anambra State, as yet-to-be-identified gunmen kidnapped a lawmaker in the state on his way back from his hometown where he had gone to celebrate the Christmas.
Hon. Justice Azuka, representing Onitsha North Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, was kidnapped on Christmas eve along Ugwunapampa road in Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Sources had it that the lawmaker, who is of the Labour Party, only recently regained his mandate as a after the court affirmed him as the winner of the 2023 House of Assembly election in his constituency, as against the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Douglas Egbuna, who was initially declared winner by INEC.
Information about the incident is still sketchy, as it was gathered that the abductors are yet to make any contact with the family of the lawmaker since his abduction, while his phone number has not been connecting.
In his reaction, the spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the abduction, and noted that the Command was already making efforts to establish his location.
“The Anambra Police Command has activated operational plans for the possible rescue and arrest of the kidnappers.
“We are working on some clues and will communicate further developments,” the Police Public Relations Officer said.
It would be recalled that a lawmaker in the state who represented the Aguata Constituency I in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Okechukwu Okoye (popularly known as Okey Dị Okay) was similary abducted by unidentified gunmen on May 21 2022. The Lawmaker’s head was, however, later found where it was hoisted somewhere in Amichi, by the gunmen six days after his abduction.
The lawmaker was killed alongside his aide, Cyril Chiegboka, who was abducted together with him along Aguluzigbo Road in Anaocha Local Government Area of the State.
