Mina Jumbo, a Bonny-based money lender has just been abducted by unknown gunmen who stormed his residence at Coconut Estate Road close to Simidia Junction off Abalamabie Road, Bonny.

A friend of his, Lawrence Green, a taxi driver, was lucky to have escaped the scene of the attack an dis currently in hiding.

Eyewitness accounts have it that residents were woken up by midnight to the sounds of explosions from dynamites ostensibly used to blow up the gate of the abductee.

According eyewitnesses, the hoodlums, who were suspected to be of Andoni extraction with collaboration from their accomplices from Bonny, arrived in speedboats at the Coconut Estate waterfront which is close to the abductee’s residence, chanting “Asawana, Asawana” and whisked him away.

Before abducting him, the hoodlums were said to have shot sporadically to scare away people and in the process allegedly shot dead a policeman.

Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports have it that efforts by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to stop the well-armed criminals who allegedly came prepared with dynamites and other dangerous weapons proved futile.

The Nigeria Police said information on the incident were still sketchy but will provide details later today.

Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Bonny Division of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) told Kristina Reports over the phone that his men have been deployed in the area and would provide more information later.   

The kidnapped loan shark, Mina Jumbo was said to also be into real estate, among other businesses.

Kristina Reports will provide further updates on the incident as it unfolds.