{"id":9073,"date":"2019-04-25T17:56:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T17:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=9073"},"modified":"2019-04-25T17:56:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T17:56:14","slug":"two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi","title":{"rendered":"Two Chinese men kidnapped in Ebonyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Chinese, who were supervising government projects at Uburu community, in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen<\/p>\n<p>The gunmen abducted the victims, whose names were yet to be identified at the time of filing this report and whisked them away to an unknown destination.<\/p>\n<p>Investigation revealed that the kidnappers invaded the scene where the expatriates were supervising government projects along with an in-law to the governor, Chief David Umahi.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the kidnappers were shooting sporadically to scare people away, in order to capture their victims.<\/p>\n<p>But, the governor\u2019s in-law quickly alerted the police, who responded swiftly and<\/p>\n<p>followed him to pursue the kidnappers but it was unfortunate that the kidnappers overpowered them.<\/p>\n<p>A source, who spoke to DAILY POST on the condition of anonymity, said the bullets from the gunmen damaged the governor\u2019s in-law\u2019s car but they didn\u2019t sustain any serious injury.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted for confirmation, the Police Public relations officer, Ebonyi police command, DSP, Loveth Odah said she was not too sure of the kidnap incident.<\/p>\n<p>She, however, assured of the preparedness of the command to get into the remote cause of such incident in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe you can call me back because what I would tell you is in this phone. You can call back, so that I can extract the information and tell you,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Chinese, who were supervising government projects at Uburu community, in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen The gunmen abducted the victims, whose names were yet to be identified at the time of filing this report and whisked them away to an unknown destination. Investigation revealed that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[246,167,278,277],"class_list":["post-9073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-community","tag-gunman","tag-hostages","tag-kidnapping"],"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>Two Chinese men kidnapped in Ebonyi - Nigeria<\/title>\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\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Chinese men kidnapped in Ebonyi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two Chinese, who were supervising government projects at Uburu community, in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen The gunmen abducted the victims, whose names were yet to be identified at the time of filing this report and whisked them away to an unknown destination. Investigation revealed that the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-25T17:56:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/gunmen1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"337\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\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\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Two Chinese men kidnapped in Ebonyi\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-25T17:56:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/gunmen1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Community\",\"Gunman\",\"Hostages\",\"Kidnapping\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi\",\"name\":\"Two Chinese men kidnapped in Ebonyi - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/gunmen1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-25T17:56:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/gunmen1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/gunmen1.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":337},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Two Chinese men kidnapped in Ebonyi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\",\"name\":\"alico\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Two Chinese men kidnapped in Ebonyi - Nigeria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Two Chinese men kidnapped in Ebonyi","og_description":"Two Chinese, who were supervising government projects at Uburu community, in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen The gunmen abducted the victims, whose names were yet to be identified at the time of filing this report and whisked them away to an unknown destination. Investigation revealed that the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2019-04-25T17:56:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":337,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/gunmen1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"alico","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alico","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi"},"author":{"name":"alico","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"headline":"Two Chinese men kidnapped in Ebonyi","datePublished":"2019-04-25T17:56:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi"},"wordCount":240,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/gunmen1.jpg","keywords":["Community","Gunman","Hostages","Kidnapping"],"articleSection":["all news","Community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi","name":"Two Chinese men kidnapped in Ebonyi - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/gunmen1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-04-25T17:56:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/gunmen1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/gunmen1.jpg","width":600,"height":337},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-chinese-men-kidnapped-in-ebonyi#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Two Chinese men kidnapped in Ebonyi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7","name":"alico","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}