Gunmen on Monday, kidnapped a former Permanent Secretary of Akwa Ibom State, Ignatius Brown, in Abak Local Government Area of the state.
Brown, who is the chairman, Saint John’s Catholic Church Council, Abak LGA was abducted a few metres away from his home while returning home after the church meeting he had with his members that evening.
The retired Permanent Secretary who hails from Etinan Local Government Area had been living in Abak, for many years before the incident occurred that fateful day.
An eye witness who identified himself as Mr Aniefiok Marcus told correspondents in Uyo on Tuesday that the hoodlums trailed the Permanent Secretary from the church along Abak-Ikot Ekpene road and overtook his driver some few metres away from his house.