Unknown hoodlums yesterday abducted a journalist Chuks Onuoha at his residence in Umuahia.
Onuoha, an ex reporter with Sun newspaper now works with an Umuahia based newspaper, All Facts.
Sources told Pointblanknews.com that unknown persons broke into Onuoha’s residence at about 10pm, Tuesday and demanded for money, but the journalist told them he had no money in the house.
The source said they took the journalist away.
It was learnt that the kidnappers had on the early morning, Wednesday, contacted the family and demanded a N10m ransom and warned the family against contacting security agencies.
Spokesman of the Abia State Police Command, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, said the Police is not aware of the incident.