Nigeria, Aug. 19 -- A human rights group has appealed to Governor Alex Otti of Abia State to intervene in the alleged "abduction" and detention of a father and his three daughters by police operatives in the state.

In a petition dated 17 August, the group, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre, identified the victim as Sunday Chikadibia, 63.

Okechukwu Nwanguma, the group's executive director, said in the petition that the operatives from the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the police in Abia stormed the victim's residence, "broke doors, looted property, and abducted" him along with his three daughters.

Mr Nwanguma identified the three daughters as Glory, Ngozi, and Ogechi.

He said the incident happened on 12 April in Alaukwu, a c...