Former Media Adviser to ex-Abia State Governor found dead after he was kidnapped in Owerri

Onyechere

Five gunmen numbering on Sunday abducted Mr Ben Onyechere, the former Media Adviser to ex-governor of Abia, Chief Theodore Orji on Sunday. He was kidnapped about 8 p.m. at a popular super market in Ikenegbu axis of Owerri while in the company of his personal driver.


The gunmen, who reportedly trailed the deceased to the scene, shot the driver twice on the leg after he put up initial resistance, forced him out of the car before they sped off with Onyechere. The bullet-riddled lifeless body of Onyechere was found on a street around Ikenegbu Owerri yesterday, Jan. 30th.

Confirming the incident, the Imo state Public Relations Officer, DSP Andrew Enwerem, said the kidnappers will soon be apprehended.

The deceased, an indigene of Imo state and was the former national publicity secretary of Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA).