BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE

BENIN— THE wife and daughter of a Benin-based transport magnate and Chief Executive of Iyare Motors, Abel Omoruyi, have been reportedly abducted in Benin.

Vanguard gathered that Mrs. Omoruyi and her daughter were said to have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen, Monday evening, in the Ugbor area of Benin metropolis, while they were returning home from her place of business.

At press time, yesterday, the abductors were yet to make contact with the family of the victims.

When contacted, spokesman of the Edo State Police Command, Moses Eguavoen, confirmed the incident.
He said: “Police have received the complaint and we have swung into action. We are doing everything to rescue the victims unhurt and to arrest the perpetrators.”