Gregory Maduakolam, an editor with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), was kidnapped in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday night.
In a statement issued from the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, NAN confirmed the kidnapping but did not specify the exact location of the incident in Owerri.
According to the statement, Maduakolam alerted the agency himself by making a phone call to a NAN staff member at about 7:33 pm on Thursday, informing them that he had been abducted.
The editor reported that he was seized by his captors earlier that day, around 9:00 am.
