Nigeria, July 30 -- Gunmen have abducted and then killed a popular entrepreneur in Anambra State, Nigeria's South-east.

The victim, Ifesinachi Martins Onyekere, was attacked and abducted on Saturday at his residence in Ezinifite village, Okpuno in Awka South Local Government Area of the state.

Mr Onyekere is the Managing Director of Fish Magnet, a barbecue firm in Anambra State.

He was also said to be the only son of the Women Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra State, Chinyere Onyekesi.

The gunmen were said to have stormed the residence in an ash-coloured Lexus SUV, shot him in the leg, and fled with him in his own navy blue Toyota Corolla.

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the...