Gunmen have kidnapped a High Court Judge, Justice Joy Uwana, and her driver in Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

It was gathered that the judge was abducted along with her driver, while her police orderly was killed in the attack which occurred on Uyo-Okobo road on Monday, December 18, 2023.

Confirming the incident on Tuesday, the Akwa Ibom State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, said the command has commenced an investigation to track the kidnappers and ensure the safe release of the judge and her driver.

Macdon said: “The command has received that report; a very bad dastardly act indeed.

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“We are on it and the Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durusinmi, has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the matter.

“We have been on it all day and we will spare no resources in ensuring that the needful is done to ensure that she reunites with her family.

“Our heart goes to the family of the deceased officer attached to the judge, who was brutally murdered.

“It is very unfortunate; this is not what Akwa Ibom is known for.”

He urged people of the state to go about their normal businesses, assuring that the perpetrators of the attack would be brought to book.

Macdon said the police command would continue to synergise with other security agencies to ensure that the state remain peaceful.

He warned criminals in the state to relocate “as the state is no more conducive for their heinous crimes”.

“We enjoin the good people of Akwa Ibom to go about their lawful businesses,” the police spokesman added.

The Star