The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, has ordered the rescue of Stanley Eguma, Head Coach of Rivers United FC, who was allegedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on June 15.
The order is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, in Enugu on Wednesday.
Eguma was allegedly abducted on Enugu- Port Harcourt Expressway at about 4pm while returning from Gombe to Port Harcourt, after an NPFL game.
“The unidentified gunmen, operating in a white Hilux van, trailed and forced the black Hilux van conveying Eguma to stop. The assailants pushed two of the passengers out and made away with the black Hilux, abducting Eguma in the process,” the statement said.
It indicated that the police commissioner ordered that no stone should be left unturned in rescuing Eguma.
The statement read that the CP urged members of the public to provide the police with useful information on the abduction.
Efforts by the News Agency of Nigeria to speak with officials of the club and those of the Rivers Ministry of Sports on the kidnap of Eguma proved abortive.
