The Police in Benin on Wednesday confirmed the kidnap of Francisca Okhiria , wife of Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria .
The woman was kidnapped by gunmen in Police uniform in Benin , Police said .
Eyewitness account said the hoodlums , while escaping from the scene of the incident with their victim, shot her security aide , an Army sergeant .
Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the incident , said the gunmen trailed the woman from the airport and kidnapped her on the way to her house .
Nwabuzor said the woman was kidnapped at Irhirhi along NNPC filling station in Oredo local government.
“ It is confirmed that she was kidnapped and the Police have recovered her vehicle — a Land Cruiser Prado jeep .
“ The Army sergeant shot by the hoodlums was her security personnel , and has been taken to the military hospital by the Police .
“ The gunmen came in a Toyota Camry ,” he said; noting that investigation into the incident has commenced.