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Kidnappers have released the mother of Bordeaux and Nigeria winger Samuel Kalu after holding her for nearly a week, police in the country’s southeast said on Tuesday.Ozuruonye Juliet Kalu was seized from her car on February 27 as she travelled to her home in Abia state. Reports said the kidnappers demanded some three million naira for her release.
“But we are still investigating the incident in a bid towards ensuring that those who carried out the act are arrested and brought to book.” “We waited the whole night, we did not see her. The next morning they called again that they want more money, that the money was given to another person,” he added.Kalu made a breakthrough into Nigeria’s national side in October last year, shortly after joining French Ligue 1 side Bordeaux from Belgian outfit Gent.
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