The Wife and driver of late Zakawanu Garuba, former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly between 2007 and 2009, were on Saturday kidnapped along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway.
The incident occured while they were on their way to Auchi, Edo State, for the burial of her late husband, who died in Abuja on Friday, July 17 after a brief illness.
The wife of the deceased politician, his mother and three children were riding in a car behind the ambulance carrying his corpse to Auchi in Etsako West Local Government Area, for his burial when they were attacked by kidnappers along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway.
However, the abductors were said to have let go of the mother and children.
