Kidnapped Nigerian professor escapes 

By Chinagorom Ugwu

Professor Oguejiofor Ujam, the dean of the School of General Studies at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, Enugu State, who was kidnapped on Sunday, has escaped from his captors.

The state’s police spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

Ndukwe said police operatives foiled a separate kidnap attack at about 7.10pm on Monday at the Neke-Uno Axis of the Opi-Nsukka- Ugwogo-Nike Road.

“The suspects, after an intense gun duel, fled with gunshot wounds, abandoning one AK-47 rifle, two magazines containing a total of 22 rounds, and a chain of 39 live ammunition,” he said.

“Further operations to hunt down the fleeing suspects the same night led to … [ Ujam] escaping from his abductors’ custody.”

Kidnap-for-ransom cases in Enugu have increased in recent times, with civil servants, business owners, politicians, and even students the targets of such attacks in the area.

The latest incident occurred hours after gunmen kidnapped an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps along the same road.