Businessman kidnapped by gunmen after shooting his driver

Heavily armed gunmen on Sunday kidnapped a prominent businessman at Maris junction Ikenegbu in Owerri, Imo State capital. The hoodlums reportedly double-crossed the car the businessman was in, shot the driver twice  abducted their victim. 

The driver was said to be taking his boss to a destination from Samsung Plaza Ikenegbu when the gun men traced them all the way to Maris junction.

They stopped the vehicle and asked the driver to come down. The driver stepped out of the car and started arguing with them, not knowing they were criminals.

They shot him on his two legs and took the boss into their own car, shooting sporadically in the air to scare people while they drove off.

The driver is responding to treatment. The businessman's family are in panic mood.