REPORTS reveal that an assistant chief surveyor, at the office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation, Alamu Abayomi, was kidnapped and executed by gunmen operating along the Abuja-Lokoja Road.
The deceased who was last week kidnapped at Yakwo Farm’s sharp turn, Abaji, was returning to Abuja from a wedding celebration.
The incident was confirmed through a phone conversation by the Director of Press, Micheal Abu today.
He said that the incident occurred as the victim was traveling home from a wedding reception and was two days late due to the Lokoja flood.
He said, “He (the deceased) actually went for a wedding and he was coming back. The flood in Lokoja delayed him for two days and when the water subsided, he continued the journey with his mother and son. Three of them were kidnapped in his car around Abaji area.
“The kidnappers reached us and the Surveyor-General started making frantic efforts to get them released. Last week Thursday, we were still talking with them, but they killed him later that day. His body has not been recovered.
“Somehow, they kept the mother and son somewhere and we were able to rescue them. We don’t know why they killed him. This is painful.
“The deceased is one of our best brains and it is a big loss to the agency.”
