BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE
BENIN — ACTIVITIES at the Zone G office of the Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS, Benin City, Edo State, were brought to a standstill, Wednesday, following the news of the abduction of a Deputy Comptroller of Prisons from the formation.

The Deputy Comptroller, Mr. Thomas Ashibuogwu, was said to have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, Monday night. It was gathered that he was recently posted to the zone from Abuja.

He was said to have been seized on Sapale Road, Benin City, close to his residence while returning from work.

He was, however, reportedly released by his abductors, Tuesday night.

“It is true he was kidnapped. Eventually, he was released,” a top official at the zonal office of the Prisons Service, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Vanguard, yesterday, in Benin.

The zonal office was shut when our correspondent visited, yesterday.