WOWO, OKEMMILI & OTHERS KIDNAPPED
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By Dr Innocent Chidumebi Okonkwo
Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped some persons along Ayamelum-Nsukka Road in Enugu State.
Sources said the victims included the Ivite youth Chairman, Odikpo Nwekwu, Okemmili Ndigwe from Umungalagu Ivite Aguleri and others.
The OMT news learnt that the kidnappers waylaid the victims and whisked them to the forest, leaving a commercial vehicle that conveyed them on the road.
A source at the scene said, “The military came after the incident and took some of the abandoned stuff including Okemmili's mobile phone" The source said, "These kidnap incidents and attacks along Adani -Nsuka- Kogi road are worrisome. Nobody is sure of his safety again. We need help; something has to be done urgently to guarantee the security of our people in the homes, streets, farms and roads.”
The abductors have demanded the sum of #40m as a ransom before their release.