{"id":160876,"date":"2025-04-29T18:50:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo"},"modified":"2025-04-30T19:47:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:47:35","slug":"gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen abduct Labour Party chieftain in Edo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Labour Party Ward 1 Chairman in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr Okasime Olowojoba, has reportedly been abducted by suspected kidnappers along the Auchi\u2013Benin\u2013Ibillo Road.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST learnt that the Labour Party chieftain, who is also a realtor, was reportedly kidnapped on his way to Igarra, the administrative headquarters of the local government, from Auchi. He was returning from Auchi on Saturday, where he had gone to bring his children home ahead of the school resumption on Monday, 28 April 2025. He was kidnapped at a notorious bad spot within the Sasaro community, an area previously known for violent abductions<\/p>\n<p>According to a source, who spoke on condition of anonymity: \u201cValentine Okasime Olowojoba is the Ward 1 Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area. He went to Auchi to collect his children and wife, who had been there for the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe went to bring his children back for school resumption on Monday. On their way back that Saturday, he was kidnapped, and it happened on a day when the network in the area was completely down until Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were all initially taken into the bush by the kidnappers, but later the house help, children, and wife were released, and they went away with him. His vehicle was abandoned on the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no network that Saturday; it was only restored around 12 pm on Sunday, and I learned from his brother that as of Monday (today), they are demanding a ransom of N50 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also learned that some other people were kidnapped in the same area on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police have yet to confirm the incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A Labour Party Ward 1 Chairman in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr Okasime Olowojoba, has reportedly been abducted by suspected kidnappers along the Auchi\u2013Benin\u2013Ibillo Road. DAILY POST learnt that the Labour Party chieftain, who is also a realtor, was reportedly kidnapped on his way to Igarra, the administrative headquarters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":160875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[443,3634,254],"class_list":["post-160876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-edo","tag-labour-party","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen abduct Labour Party chieftain in Edo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Labour Party Ward 1 Chairman in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr Okasime Olowojoba, has reportedly bee ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen abduct Labour Party chieftain in Edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Labour Party Ward 1 Chairman in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr Okasime Olowojoba, has reportedly bee ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-29T17:50:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-30T18:47:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745940418.146508.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"776\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"447\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gunmen abduct Labour Party chieftain in Edo\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-29T17:50:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-30T18:47:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo\"},\"wordCount\":293,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745940418.146508.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Edo\",\"Labour Party\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gunmen-abduct-labour-party-chieftain-in-edo\",\"name\":\"Gunmen abduct Labour Party chieftain in Edo - 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