KIDNAPPING: Wife Of NRC Boss Reunites With Family

Wife of Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) Managing Director, Mrs Francisca Okhiria, who was kidnapped by gunmen in police uniform in Benin City, the Edo state capital, has regained her freedom after two weeks in captivity.

She was kidnapped on September 25 and was released after spending about 13 days in the kidnappers’ den.

It would be recalled that the woman was kidnapped in Benin at gunpoint .

The Edo State Police Commissioner, DanMallam Mohammed who confirmed the development said, she was reunited with her family on Wednesday night.

He said those who kidnapped the woman came from Delta State and that they are working in collaboration with the Delta State Police Command to arrest the kidnappers.

According to report , It was said the hoodlums while escaping with the victim shot military personnel who was standing by the roadside apparently to successfully evade arrest.

Police Public Relations Officer Chidi Nwabuzor who confirmed the incident said the gunmen trailed her from the airport and kidnapped her on the way to her house.

“It is confirmed that she was kidnapped and the police recovered the vehicle; a Land cruiser Prado jeep when the incident took place.