Hope Eghagha, Delta Commissioner, Kidnapped

caption: Hope Eghagha

By SaharaReporters, New York

Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Hope Eghagha, was today kidnapped in a deadly attack as he was returning from Warri to Asaba, the capital of his home state. SaharaReporters learnt that the kidnappers shot and killed Mr. Eghagha’s police orderly before speeding off with the commissioner towards Ubiarukwu road in Ukwuani local government area in the state.
Mr. Eghagha, who holds a PhD in English from the University of Lagos, was a senior lecturer in the same university before accepting a commissionership in the cabinet of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta.
For several years, Mr. Eghagha wrote a column in the (Nigerian) Guardian and other newspapers. He also served as a part-time member of the Guardian’s editorial board.
Delta state commissioner of information, Chike Ogeah  confirmed that Mr. Eghagha was kidnapped, also a senior aide to Mr. Uduaghan told Saharareporters that his whereabouts were still unknown. It was not clear whether the commissioner’s kidnappers had made any contacts with Eghagha's family.