ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A female Nigerian Army officer, P. P. Johnson, has been kidnapped by some yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
The abducted soldier hails from Abia State.
In a video circulating on social media on Thursday, the captors vowed to kidnap other Southeasterners serving in the armed forces.
The voice behind the recording stated that they were unknown gunmen, not members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
“This is a wonderful information to the whole of our people still in the Nigerian military. That is how you people will die one after the other.
“Here it’s happening live in Enugu today 26th of December 2022. A Lieutenant, 2 star in the military,” the voice said.
After speaking in Igbo for some seconds, the voice continued: “This is unknown gunmen. Unknown gunmen has nothing to do with IPOB.
“Unknown gunmen doesn’t know IPOB. What we are after is Biafra. Whether they like it or not, we must gain our freedom.”
The voice then told the officer to “say goodbye to the world, goodbye to your fellow soldiers, goodbye to this life. Bye bye.
“This is Enugu highway, we’ll be killing them one after the other,” he added
It is believed that the incident reportedly occurred along Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway.