The gubernatorial candidate of the the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Chief Leonard Uchendu, has been kidnapped. The kidnap was announced by his party who also said that the kidnapped politician had been asked by the state government to resign his presidency of the the President-General of Uwuawule Town in Awka South Local Government, Anambra State on the grounds that he has been using the town's vigilante association to harass political enemies.
