unmen on Friday night, abducted the wife, daughter, and driver of a Supreme Court Justice, Bode Rhodes-Vivour.

The victims were travelling to Edo State, ahead of the Justice’s daughter’s wedding ceremony.

It was learnt that they were kidnapped between Ekiadolor and Okada along along the Ore-Benin Expressway.

When contacted on the telephone, Edo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Moses Eguavoen, said he was unaware of the development.

He said, “I am not aware of that, but let me call the control room and get back to you.”

When one of our correspondents contacted, the Media Assistant to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr. Isah Ahuraka, he confirmed the development.

He said, “Justice Rhodes-Vivour’s wife, daughter and driver were kidnapped in Benin.”

The CJN’s aide could not confirm whether the abductors have contacted the Supreme Court Justice as at the time of filing this report.

He added that the kidnapped daughter’s “marriage is coming up next weekend.”

Meanwhile, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Anambra State has killed seven suspected kidnappers and arrested two others.

The Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Saturday.

Chukwuemeka said the incident took place at Aguleri, Anambra-East Local Council Area at around 4.00pm on Friday.

The spokesman said two of the suspects were captured at the point of collecting a N5m ransom. He added that the suspects later took security men to their hideout, where some kidnap victims were rescued unhurt around 8.30pm.

Chukwuemeka said the ransom was recovered when the suspects engaged security men in a shoot-out.

He said one of the rescued victims, identified as Anthony, was kidnapped in Onitsha a week earlier, before he was taken into a building belonging to a Lagos-based businessman.

Another recued victim, a Lebanese contractor with Consolidated Construction Company, Mr. Roumauos Marroun, was also kidnapped at the gate of the Igbariam Campus of the Anambra State University on May 7.

SOURCE - www.punchng.com

A week to her wedding...... Am thinking this kidnapping may be conncted to the wedding..... who knows if it is a jilted lover.....

I rily tink ds spate of criminal activities in Nigeria should be checked...Haba..a whole Justice of the Supreme court! And then what were his armed guards looking at? Is it only to protect him alone but his entire family? I tire for our obodo Nigeria!

eagle,eye:
A week to her wedding...... Am thinking this kidnapping may be conncted to the wedding..... who knows if it is a jilted lover.....

The area mentioned is a known dark spot for arrned robberies. The boys may have chosen to diversify.

And they will kidnap you too if u are considered 'ransom worthy'. I hope they leave the bride 'untainted'. It wont be an easy thing for a young groom to take.

Nigeria got talents an i guess kidnapin is one of d genuine talent,
it's only kidnap why not fadanap or mothernap an leave d kids alone

Babymumsy: I rily tink ds spate of criminal activities in Nigeria should be checked...Haba..a whole Justice of the Supreme court! And then what were his armed guards looking at? Is it only to protect him alone but his entire family? I tire for our obodo Nigeria!

nigerian supreme court justices don't have elaborate protection, am sure if they had a moved in motorcades, nigeria will cry waste of money and corruption, futhermore last year justice bayer of the u.s supreme court was robbed in his house by a gun man so it's not something alien to nigeria alone.

I Pity the bride-to-be nd her mother, what a trauma before the wedding. I pray they realise them b4 d wedding.

Symphony007: nigerian supreme court justices don't have elaborate protection, am sure if they had a moved in motorcades, nigeria will cry waste of money and corruption, futhermore last year justice bayer of the u.s supreme court was robbed in his house by a gun man so it's not something alien to nigeria alone.

I blv they need more protection than our lawmakers cos their daily lives revolve around criminals...

What a pity?

Na wa o...Hope she is not too beautiful sha...R@P-

Bad biz. Kidnapped a week to the wedding?
Kidnapping so rampant.
I hope they are not harmed before gaining their freedom, especially the bride.

D CJN no rememba wen hd dy sentence ppl 2 death by hanging,by firing squad or life imprisonment 4 no unjustly.....him own don come be dat.....Wot goes around comes around....!!!!

Na wa......

rhodes vivour??

Shouldn't we give the kidnappers amnesty?

Kidnapping in Nigeria has assumed a different dimension were the ransom negotiator or the victim or even both are killed and money carted away. I hope this time around molestation wuldnt be inclusive cos the victim live with the trauma psychologically 4 long

grandpoh: D CJN no rememba wen hd dy sentence ppl 2 death by hanging,by firing squad or life imprisonment 4 no unjustly.....him own don come be dat.....Wot goes around comes around....!!!!

Re-read what you wrote. Ruminate on it for a minute. If it still makes sense to you, I have nothing more to say to you and rest my case.

Jonathan's Nigeria is an insecure Nigeria where all manners of crimes are committed with brazen impunity.
It's a government for the terrorists, kidnappers, militias and convicted felons.

Nigeria is imploding as a country

Only God.......

Kidnapping is one of the easiest crime to deal with.
Use the ransom as a bait and take out the criminals.

God Pls Intervene

grandpoh: D CJN no rememba wen hd dy sentence ppl 2 death by hanging,by firing squad or life imprisonment 4 no unjustly.....him own don come be dat.....Wot goes around comes around....!!!!

Please read what you just posted. If it makes sense to you, then you are wise, if however for any reason you think it was a silly post, then............

You may wish to know however that judges are the ones empowered under the law to pronounce death sentence on people and they do this on behalf the state meaning you and I and that also explains why do not easily pass death sentences. Finally, the chief Executive of the state is the only person that signs the death warrant . Just so you learn.

yuzedo:
Re-read what you wrote. Ruminate on it for a minute. If it still makes sense to you, I have nothing more to say to you and rest my case.

Lol@ yuzedo, if I had read our post I wouldn't have posted mine. It's nice to see we spoke or rather wrote alike on that point

The trauma alone is traumatizing I only hope they are not assaulted I fear more when females are abducted, the Ohio case in point.
In another news, have I ever told you how much I luv u, Yuzedo? Dat was so on point with dat creaminal grandpah making dat cynical remark...How ur Plantain Hiland neighbours 2day?

FG Insecurity,Boko Boys,amnesty,and now kidnappers!!!!......where are we going,those guys wud av make necessary preparation ahead of d marriage,chai!!!!

Nigerians are a dynamic set of people. We only think about social ills that affect us at D moment without thinking about its effects on our children and our and their future. We as citizens of this country must come together as 1. We should all be interested in how we are governed, whom our elected reps in public are, what are their manifestos apart from the parties they represent. We can all do this collectively by ADOPTING A POLITICAL PARTY different from the ruling PDP or the opposition MERGING APC, they have nothing new to offer. We have LABOUR NCP ETC to pick from, get interested in Neighborhood Politics and educate ourselves why things have to change by means of the ballot and not by a bloody revolution which is being favored by the ELITES to cover their crimes against FUTURE PROSECUTION. YES WE CAN................

God answer my country prayer na. When will all this rubish stop ?

One tragedy too many.

The driver should be released please if he is not part of the kidnappers.

grandpoh: D CJN no rememba wen hd dy sentence ppl 2 death by hanging,by firing squad or life imprisonment 4 no unjustly.....him own don come be dat.....Wot goes around comes around....!!!!

You must be a criminal and very soon u will be sentenced.

Prof Corruption: Jonathan's Nigeria is an insecure Nigeria where all manners of crimes are committed with brazen impunity.
It's a government for the terrorists, kidnappers, militias and convicted felons.

How this one take concern jonathan? Is he the state governor where the pple were kidnapped?