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February 21, 2022

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Inspiration 92.3 FM

Abductors Of Sokoto Councilor Demand N60m Ransom

The bandits who kidnapped nine persons, including a serving councilor of Yar Tsakuwa in Rabah local government area of Sokoto State, have demanded a ransom of N60 million.

A resident, NAZIFI ABDULLAHI, told newsmen that the bandits called the families of the abductees and asked them to raise the money.

He further said that they don’t know how they can raise such amount and appealed to security agencies to do all they can to rescue the kidnapped victims

Gov Umahi Celebrates Arrest Of Leader Of Kidnap Gang In Ebonyi

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has expressed happiness over the arrest of the leader of a kidnap gang which abducted some residents of Enyigba community in the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the residents were recently abducted in the renewed land dispute between the community and neighbouring Enyibichiri community.

The governor made his feelings known in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Uchenna Orji, on Thursday.

Orji said that some members of the gang were also arrested alongside their leader and were now in police custody.

“The state government has dispatched security operatives to the state’s boundary with Cameroon where the remaining gang members are said be hiding.

“The government will do everything within the law to prosecute the suspects and also to ascertain the status of the abducted persons,” he said.

Orji quoted the governor as commending the people of Abakaliki and Ikwo councils, where the two communities are located, for their maturity over the abduction and urged them to sustain such.

“The governor warns miscreants especially from Izzi extraction which covers Abakaliki, to desist from attacks on Ikwo inhabitants both in the state and other places.

“Any further attack on Ikwo people will be viewed as an act of terrorism and the perpetrators decisively dealt with.

“The Izzi and Ikwo people are brothers and should be commended for collectively waging war against criminals who want to destroy their cultural heritage,” the commissioner said.

Orji reiterated the governor’s directive that the bails granted to stakeholders of the Effium and Ezza-Effium communities of Ohaukwu Local Government Area, be revoked.