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The brother of Vice Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Kogi State, Opaluwa Okpanachi, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Kogi has been found dead.
Okpanachi, who is the brother to the state’s NLC Vice Chairman, Simeon Opaluwa was kidnapped on Wednesday evening along Ejule-Aloma road while returning from an official assignment in Ugwolawo.
His corpse was found along Ejule Aloma road on Thursday morning by the Police, according to a family source who never wanted his name mentioned to the press.
Late Okpanachi, until his death, was the officer attached to the Primary Health Centre in Ochikala, Aloma.
While he was in the captivity of the kidnappers, a family source said no ransom was demanded, only for his lifeless body to be found.
His remains, according to family members, have been deposited in a morgue.
The family members of late Okpanachi said bullet wounds were found on one of his thighs.
Confirming the incident, the Vice Chairman of Kogi NLC, Simeon Opaluwa said the family was really saddened and devastated over the unfortunate incident.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls that sometime April, officers of the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, arrested 13 suspects kidnappers for allegedly abducting an 18-year-old girl, Elizabeth, in Kogi State.
The suspects include Mohammed Abdul (25), Mohammed Ibrahim (24), Samuel Adesina (23), Malik Mohammed (24), Olatoyor Mathew (26), Tenimu Abubakar (25) and Shittu Ibrahim.
Others are Momoh Friday (22), Abdullah Idris (21), Oluyomi Adesewa (24), Mariam Mohammed (22), Yakubu Neifisat (25), and Samson Rosemary (22).
Parading the suspects on Tuesday, the Kogi State Commandant, NSCDC, Suleiman Mafara, said the teenager, Elizabeth, was kidnapped on April 10, 2022, by a kidnap syndicate.
He said through intelligence gathering, his officers uncovered the hideout of the hoodlums and rescued the victim alive.
“The suspects, led by one Godwin Daniel, kidnapped Miss Elizabeth and took her to a hotel here in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. My officers, through intelligence reports, tracked their location and arrested these 13 suspects. Their gang leader, as I speak to you, is on the run. We are going to apprehend him as soon as possible,” he added.