A lawmaker representing Aguata State Constituency 1 in the Anambra House of Assembly, Okechukwu Okoye has been kidnapped by gunmen. 
The police confirmed that Okoye who is from Isuofia, the same community as Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, was kidnapped in Aguata on Sunday May 15. 
Police spokesperson in Anambra, Toochukwu Ikenga said the black Siena SUV which he was driving before the incident has been recovered and a manhunt has also been launched to free him from his abductors.