Gunmen kidnap newspaper vendor’s daughter, 8 others
A 24-year-old daughter of a newspaper vendor in Sapele, Mr. Billy Umoh, has been kidnapped on Jesse-Oben- Asaba Road in Delta State. Though the Edo State Police Command has not been able to confirm the kidnapping, it was learned that Hope Umoh (the vendor’s daughter) and eight others were kidnapped on Monday, when the kidnappers waylaid the bus the passengers boarded from Sapele on their way to Asaba, just before Oben, a Edo border town. Vanguard learned that two persons believed to be the driver and conductor reportedly escaped as they were being led away by the kidnappers. The kidnappers were reported to have led the passengers into the forest along the lonely route with Umoh’s daughter, after firing some shots into the air. Meanwhile, Mr. Umoh has appealed to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and security agencies to come to his aid. He said: “I don’t know why it should be me, I am a common vendor, who has been in this business for year...