Tension in Rivers as gunmen kidnap Accord Assembly candidate few days guber polls

  • The Rivers State House of Assembly has been kidnapped, a family source confirmed on Tuesday morning, March 14
  • The Accord Party candidate was kidnapped while driving in his car at Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt on Monday night, March 13
  • A few days before the March 18 election, the sad but shocking development raised fresh tension and serious concern among members of his family

Gunmen have kidnapped the Accord Party candidate for the Rivers State House of Assembly for the March 18 election, Chukwudi Ogbonna.

Ogbonna who is representing Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni sin Local Government Area Constituency 2, was reportedly kidnaped while driving in his car at Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt on Monday night, March 13, when the gunmen forced him to stop and whisked him away with his car.