Delta SSG’s son kidnapped

Emma Amaize

WARRI- THE son of the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Delta State, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay was kidnapped, Monday, at his home town, Owheologbo, near Ozoro, in Isoko North Local Government Area of the state.

Macaulay who also spoke to Vanguard at about 1.45 pm said, “The news of the kidnap of my son has just reached me”.

The SSG said he just returned to the country and was still in Lagos when he got a report on the kidnap of his son. “I have been away on medical treatment and I just returned when I got  the news this morning ”.

Asked what his son went to do in the village, he said; “Is it not his home town? Won’t he go to his home town again? He had just finished his Master’s programme outside the country and had been shuttling between Asaba and Owheologbo”.

Vanguard gathered that the kidnappers has not established contact with Macaulay or any member of his family as at 2.00 pm.

Meanwhile, it will be recalled that Pa Samuel Uduaghan, a cousin to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan was kidnapped last week, at his home in Asaba and was released Saturday evening. This was days before former Super Eagles player, Christian Obodo, was kidnapped and later released at Effurun, near Warri, penultimate week.