Gunmen kidnap Action Alliance party Chairman outside a bank in Abuja

Kenneth Udeze, the national chairman of Action Alliance, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.

Udeze was kidnapped Friday morning outside a Zenith Bank branch in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, his wife, Genevieve, told Premiun Times.

Mrs Udeze said her husband woke up Friday morning and found several text messages indicating heavy withdrawals from his bank accounts that were not authorised.

“After suspecting his account had been hacked, he rushed to the bank to find out what happened,” Mrs Udeze said. “He was with his driver when he was kidnapped outside the Zenith Bank.”

The abductors took Mr Udeze away in a black SUV, his wife said. She added that she was on her way to the police station to report the incident.

Mr Udeze has been the chairman of Action Alliance, a political party in which Rochas Okorocha's son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, contested for governorship election.

Mrs Udeze said her husband’s abduction appeared politically motivated, although there was no apparent indications to corroborate the claim.