A senior Journalist in Abuja, and Media Assistant to Senator Bala Mohammed, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nosike Ogbuenyi, was shot and wounded by suspected armed robbers yesterday.
Information reaching us indicated that the robbers trailed him from his office at Area 11 and snatched his official car, a black coloured 2011 model Toyota Corolla salon car at gun point.
The incident took place close to Dantata overhead bridge along the Umaru Yar’Adua express road at about 7.00pm when Mr. Ogbuenyi was heading home from office.
The suspected robbers shot him at close range on the right leg and is currently on admission receiving treatment at a hospital in Abuja.
Among the items in the snatched car are two Samsung handsets, one Window 7 HP Laptop, two hard disc memory devices, three USB devices, one large photo book, bank documents, two ATM cards and office records.
According to witnesses, the robbers headed towards Gwarinpa-Zuba road through Dantata bridge with the snatched car.
The FCT Police Command has requested anyone who sees the car to report to the nearest Police Station.
