FORMER GROUP MD OF UBA,TONY ELUMELU'S MOTHER KIDNAPPED

Another high profile kidnap incident was recorded yesterday as the mother of the former group managing director of UBA Plc,Tony Elumelu was kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination.According to LEADERSHIP,the kidnappers were yet to contact the family to state the motive for their action.

Impeccable sources from Aniocha North LGA of Delta State revealed that Madam Elumelu,mother of Tony Elumelu and Ndudi Elumelu,a serving member of the House of Representatives was kidnapped at about 3'o clock in the afternoon on her farm at Onicha-Uku. 

Reports indicate that,at the Obi's Palace/Afor market axis at Issele-Uku,the youthful kidnappers opened up a barrage of gunshots.It was a miracle that only one elderly lady got a bullet in the hand.The criminals thereafter escaped through Issele-Uku shooting sporadically and engaging a team of the anti-kidnapping squad in a gun duel in which they reportedly gained the upper hand.

The spokesman for the Delta State police command,Mr Charles Muka has confirmed the incident,saying the police would leave no stone unturned in handling the matter.Mr Tony Elumelu is chairman of Heirs Holdings,an African proprietary investment firm and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation,an African based and African funded not for profit organisation that is dedicated to the promotion and celebration of excellence in business leadership and entrepreneurship across Africa.

Culled from Leadership.