A former House of Representatives candidate and a broadcaster Chinonso Uba popularly known as Nonsonkwa was on Thursday morning in Owerri, accosted and whisked away by gun wielding men after anchoring his popular morning programme on Ozisa FM, Owerri at Assumpta cathedral of the Owerri Catholic Archdiocese. According to an eye witness, “He was driving in his Highlander jeep when the attackers who were laying siege, double-crossed him in front of Holy Ghost College Secondary School junction”.
An eyewitness told our correspondent, that the gunmen operated in a Hilux vehicle, a Lexus 350 keep and an ES 330 car.
News Echo gathered that the attackers forced the journalist into one of their vehicles and zoomed off.
His vehicle was abandoned at the scene as People rushed to the place to rescue him but were scared away by the attackers. The source said “NonsoNkwa has been kidnapped.
He was double crossed by masked men in three vehicles.
He drove out of Ozisa FM after he finished anchoring his morning programme. He was traced to the Holy Ghost College Secondary School junction where he was arrested.”
He resisted them as he was shouting they want to kill him before he was taken away in one of their vehicles. His jeep was not taken away alongside him. They were all dressed in black and blue attires, carrying guns while they were masked.
They prevented Peoples from making video of the incident.
Let nothing happen to him please. The manager of Ozisa FM, Rev Fr Raymond Nzereogu who confirmed the incident said that he had yet ascertain if the journalist was arrested or Kidnapped.”
The visibly distraught priest said “we don’t know if he was arrested or kidnapped. We have reached out to the State Security Service people and they said that they were not responsible. We are heading to the police to confirm.
We will keep you posted on any further development.” The police spokesperson in the state, Henry Okoye when contacted disclosed that Nonsonkwa was arrested based on an allegation.
