Kidnappers Demand N100m In Kogi Family Abduction

Gunmen suspected to beryllium bandits successful the aboriginal hours of Friday stormed a household residence successful Egbe and abducted a parent and her 2 children portion the hubby escaped with slug wounds from gunshots.

It was learnt that the husband, successful an effort to debar abduction, was changeable doubly by the gunmen.

The attack, according to a subordinate of Kogi State Vigilante agency, happened successful Egbe, office of Yagba West section authorities of Kogi State.

The root said, “one Tokpe Gody astatine Bareke-Egbe successful Yagba West was attacked by chartless gunmen successful their household location astatine astir 2am Friday greeting and abducted his woman and 2 children.”

However, portion aesculapian unit successful Egbe Hospital are trying to prevention the unrecorded of the hubby who escaped with slug wounds, the kidnappers are said to beryllium demanding a ransom of N100m from the household for the merchandise of Gody’s woman and his 2 children.

According to a subordinate of the Kogi State Vigilante absorption bureau who pleaded anonymity said, “One of america received calls from the kidnappers this morning, they utilized 1 backstage fig to telephone us, they asked for N100million earlier they volition merchandise the victims”

The section information root hinted that the wellness information of Tokpe successful the infirmary was precise captious and mightiness necessitate him to beryllium taken to Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Lokoja.

It was gathered that bandits person sustained their penetration of Okun onshore successful Kogi West astir connected a regular ground wrong the past 5 months, opening from May erstwhile the paramount ruler of Okeloke was abducted.

The heavy equipped bandits operating successful Okun onshore person nary mercy oregon regards for information agencies arsenic they person killed a fig of policemen and section vigilantes successful the locality.

All efforts to get the Kogi State Police Command to talk connected the incidental proved abortive, arsenic the Command’s Spokesperson, SP William Ovye Aya, did not respond to his telephone calls and messages sent to him.