The Police Command in Bayelsa on Sunday confirmed the abduction of Justice E.J Umokoro in Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital.

DSP Musa Mohammed, Police Public Relations Officer confirmed the kidnap of the judge on Sunday in Yenagoa.

“The command has deployed tactical teams and drones to trail and arrest the hoodlums,” he said.

Umokoro, a judge at Bayelsa State High Court was on Saturday evening abducted from his car at a fast food outlet at Ekeki area of Yenagoa.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the gunmen shot sporadically at the car park of the eatery before forcing out the judge out of his car and whisking him away in a waiting Toyota Hilux vehicle.

The judge was waiting for his daughter who went into the outlet to make purchases.

It would be recalled that the State Police Command led by Commissioner of Police, Francis Idu had recently raised the alarm on the handling of kidnap cases and release of a notorious kidnapper by a High Court Judge.

Idunhad withdrawn Police orderly attached to the judge who released the notorious l snapper who went back to crime and assassinated a businessman in the same neighbourhood where Justice Umokoro was kidnapped.