An expatriate worker with the Zenith Construction Company handling the construction of Mbiaya/Mbiakong road in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Fad Hamoua, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
According to Punch, Hamoua was kidnapped in the early hours of Tuesday while his orderly, Sergeant Mohammed Garba, reportedly died while trying to rescue him from his captors.
It was gathered that Hamoua was abducted when he went to buy cement from a local cement shop within the community.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko MacDon, who confirmed the incident to Punch Correspondent on Tuesday evening, said, “Yes, it is true that there was a kidnap case involving an expatriate, Fad Hamoua.
“We lost one of our officers, Mohammed Garba, who was with him at the time.”