Amobi Ogar, a member of the House of Representatives representing Isuikwuato /Umunneochi Federal constituency, Abia State, Southeast Nigeria says people are now being kidnapped for as low as N30,000 in his constituency.
Ogar, a younger brother of chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development Uche Ogar, decried the rampant cases of kidnapping, banditry and other violent crimes in his federal constituency, adding that people’s homes were being invaded to pick persons in demand for ransom as low as N30,000 .
Daily Trust reports that the House of Representatives while adopting Ogar’s motion, urged President Bola Tinubu to direct all the security agencies to ensure security around Regional Cattle Market in Lokpanta along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Uturu-Okigwe Road, Ihube-Isuochi Road, ABSU Junction-Akara Road; Uturu-Afikpo Road, Umuaku-Umunze Road and Awgu-Ishiagu Road and their environs where the kidnappers have converted to their safe haven.
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