Vice-Chairman of the Uhumnwonde Local Government Area of Edo State, Walter Aiwekhoe, on Tuesday, reportedly escaped from a forest where suspected kidnappers kept him, hours after he had been abducted.
Aiwekhoe's reported escape came barely 48 hours after the kidnap of two female teachers in Benin by gunmen.
The seizure of the teachers and three children of one of the victims, on Sunday, also came a week after three other female primary school teachers regained their freedom after 14 days in captivity.
One of the teachers, our correspondent learnt, was snatched from her car while driving to church in company with three of her children. The car was recovered the next day while the whereabouts of the teacher and her children remained unknown.
The second teacher was said to have been abducted while returning from church.
Aiwekhoe who was ambushed on his way to the office by armed gunmen was said to have escaped from where he was kept in the forest.
An eyewitness to the abduction of the council boss said the suspected kidnappers blocked the Vice Chairman's vehicle with a jeep and ordered him out of his car and forced him into a waiting vehicle amid sporadic shots.
The Chief Press Secretary to the council chairman, Mr. Osaro Best Idahosa, who had earlier confirmed the incident later told our correspondent that his principal had escaped from his captives somewhere around Obiaruku, Delta State.
He said, "We are celebrating here because he just called from Obiaruku in Delta State that he is presently at the police station. He said he escaped from where they kept him and ran towards the road where he met policemen. So, we are going to pick him up from the police station in Obiaruku."

congrats to you

Lucky him...
The Ignoramus Kidnappers did a shabby Job, they should have collected some of the stolen LG funds frm his Family.