Unknown gunmen abduct NNPC boss in Port Harcourt

A Nigerian oil chief and senior staff of the Pipelines Products Marketing Company, PPMC, Okrika Area Office, an affiliate of the Port Harcourt Refining Company was kidnapped on Thursday in the Oil state.

The PPMC is a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission, NNPC.

Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the state’s police command, Ben Ugwuegbulam, said “the victim is a Deputy Manager at the PPMC…he was abducted at Ozuoba in the outskirts of Port Harcourt on January 3. The details of the incident are still sketchy. Our anti-kidnap unit has commenced investigation into the incident. We will give you more details as soon as we get them,” Mr Ugwuegbulam said.

The Police spokeman further said no group has claimed responsibility for the abduction and no ransom has been demanded.