{"id":3595,"date":"2022-07-09T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T15:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3595"},"modified":"2023-05-17T08:22:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T07:22:26","slug":"kogi-gunmen-abduct-always-petroleum-chairman-in-okene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-gunmen-abduct-always-petroleum-chairman-in-okene\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi: Gunmen Abduct Always Petroleum Chairman in Okene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;\">Gunmen on Saturday morning abducted the Chief Executive Officer of Always Petroleum, <a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2022\/09\/15\/kidnapped-always-petroleum-chairman-idris-regains-freedom\/\">Muhammed<\/a> Jamiu Idris from his residence in Idare, Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State.<\/span><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">A neigbour who did not want his name mentioned told Ebira Reporters that the gunmen dressed in white, stormed the victim&#8217;s house with sophisticated weapon and whisked him away to an unknown destination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;We did not know when they entered the house, until we heard shouts from his compound. By the time we could get there, they already moved him through the back road, &#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3596 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_20220709-163807-300x187.png\" alt=\"Always Petroleum Muhammed \" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The source disclosed that the gunmen set their vehicle on fire on a narrow road to buy time as they set off on foot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;About seven of us tracked them, and when we got on a hill, we saw them afar trekking on foot. Then we started shouting. 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