A nurse, identified as Uchechi Stephen, was abducted at her Starline Housing Estate home at the weekend.
Sources said Mrs. Stephen was returning from work around 8pm when the kidnappers stormed her home and abducted her while she was waiting at the gate.
It was not ascertained if the hoodlums had contacted her family.
“The woman runs a chemist on Opobo road. She was returning home, not knowing that the kidnappers had laid ambush for her; they carried her away without wasting time,” a source said.
Residents said they had been living in fear in the last three months; they called on security agencies to tighten surveillance on the Opobo-Ovom-Azumini road to nip the activities of hoodlums.
Police spokesman Onyeke Ezekiel said he was yet to be informed about the incident.
A woman identified as Mrs. Chioma Chukwura was reportedly killed by her abductors even after collecting N2 million ransom.
Reports said her body was found in a bush where the kidnappers had dumped it.
A source who pleaded for anonymity, said the victim’s husband was warned against involving security agencies but he did and the kidnappers killed her after collecting the ransom.
The deceased husband could not be reached for comments.