A former Secretary to Enugu State Government, Dr. Dan Shere, was reportedly kidnapped in Enugu, yesterday.
But the police, who confirmed an incident of kidnap in the area, said it could not readily tell identities of victims.
It was gathered that the former SSG was among other commuters kidnapped along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road.A source said that the Enugu politician was travelling to Nsukka for a meeting when gunmen attacked him alongside other travellers.“They shot severally at our vehicle; one of us was hit by the bullets. But our driver managed to move on. We succeeded in taking the victim to the hospital,” he narrated while thanking God for saving him and four others.
“They earlier demanded N2 million per victim, but have now increased it to N30 million. They search the phones of victims to know their status,” the source said.
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