AWKA- A Popular Nigerian actor, Chief Pete Edochie has been reportedly kidnapped at Nkpor, a suburb in the commercial town of Onitsha.
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Nollywood industry gathered that Edochie was just returning from Asaba in Delta State and was passing through Afor-Nkpor along the Old Enugu/Onitsha road when the kidnappers intercepted his Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and whisked him away.
Mrs. Rita Edochie, also a Nollywood and wife of Pete’s younger brother, Tony, told Nollywood industry in a telephone chat that the kidnappers dropped Pete’s personal assistant, his driver and the vehicle shortly after the kidnap and zoomed off with Pete in their own car.She said the whereabout of the abductors and their victim remained unknown as at press time. Pete’s SUV had been recovered by the police, but the kidnappers had not called to demand a ransom.
The State Commisioner of Police, Mr. Uzor Amakulor who confirmed the incident on Sunday evening, said efforts were being intensified to track down the kidnappers and rescue their victim.He restated his earlier warning that kidnappers and other criminals in the state should have a change of heart or be prepared to face the music.
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Edochie, from Nteje, in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, who’s also known and addressed as Ebubedike, is always remembered for his evergreen role of Okonkwo, in the television adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. Edochie, 62, was a career civil servant, who rose to the position of director of programmes, Radio/TV in Anambra State, before retirement.
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