By NAN 08 February 2022 | 1:16 pm Alhaji Abdul-Hamid Egele, Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Edo chapter have been abducted by gunmen at his residence in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo. [files] kidnapping. PHOTO: shutterstock Alhaji Abdul-Hamid Egele, Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Edo chapter have been abducted by gunmen at his residence in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Egele popularly known as (Baba Petrol) was abducted on Monday evening while his driver was killed in the process. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Edo Command, SP Bello Kontongs told NAN that the state command was yet to get report of the incident. “The command is not aware. I will find out from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Jattu,’’ Kontongs said. However, an eyewitness told NAN on condition of anonymity that the incident happened at about 7 p.m. on Monday. The eyewitness said that the businessman was returning home after the day’s business only to be accosted by gunmen. “The gunmen ambushed the IPMAN chairman with two vehicles without plate numbers and fired at his jeep and killed his driver. “The IPMAN chairman was later taken away after the security attached to him were overpowered by the gunmen who injured the security operatives,’’ the eyewitness said. Latest NOW Alhaji Abdul-Hamid Egele, Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Edo chapter have been abducted by gunmen at his residence in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo. 8 mins ago The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Olumide Akpata, on Tuesday in Lagos, said he would submit a recommendation on the remuneration scale for lawyers to the National Executive Committee within the next two weeks. 17 mins ago Plastic has infiltrated all parts of the ocean and is now found “in the smallest plankton up to the largest whale” wildlife group WWF said on Tuesday, calling for urgent efforts to create an international treaty on plastics. 18 mins ago President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday conferred the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) Award for years 2020 and 2021 on three Nigerians who distinguished themselves in the field of medicine and science, declaring that Nigeria’s future rests on active participation in science and technology. Conferring the award on the recipients, Dr. Oluyinka Olurotimi Olutoye, Medicine… 25 mins ago A wild crocodile in Indonesia who was trapped in a tyre for more than five years has been rescued, freed from its rubber vice and released back into the wild, officials and residents said Tuesday.
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