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Gunmen have kidnapped Channels Television reporter, Mr Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Rogers, who covers the Rivers State Government House for the broadcast station, was reportedly trailed from work to his residence on Thursday night.
It was gathered that the miscreants accosted him before he alighted from his car around 9pm, pointed a gun at him and whisked him and his vehicle to an unknown destination.
The reporter had earlier in the day covered an event at Ndoni, in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state where Governor Siminalayi Fubara inaugurated a Primary Healthcare Centre.
The facility was built and donated to the state by the PAMO Educational Foundation, founded by former Rivers State Governor, Dr Peter Odili, on Thursday.
It was also gathered that the hoodlums had contacted his wife and demanded N30 million as ransom to secure his release.