Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- Gunmen have abducted the chairperson of the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission, George Chima.

Mr Chima, a professor, was abducted on Friday from his residence in Okigwe in Imo State, Nigeria's South-east.

The chairperson, sources said, was having a meeting with some lecturers from Abia State University, Uturu, in his residence when the hoodlums, numbering about four, attacked him.

The attackers, suspected to be kidnappers, were said to have chased the visitors before abducting the professor.

Okigwe, a local government in Imo State, shares boundaries with Uturu, a community in Abia State.

The two areas are a few miles apart from each other.

When contacted on Friday evening, the police spokesperson in Imo ...