Nigeria, Aug. 23 -- The police in Abia State, Nigeria's South-east, say they have killed six kidnappers who abducted a petrol dealer and killed two others in the state.

The police spokesperson in the state, Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.

PREMIUM TIMES reported in March how gunmen abducted the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of Petroleum Retailers Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROA), Lawson Obasi.

Mr Obasi was abducted at about 7 p.m. in Azumini, a community in Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State.

Apart from Mr Obasi, his driver, later identified as Anayo Ukwu and his Special Assistant, Confidence Chijioke, were killed by the attackers.

Mr Chijioke, the managing director of Do...