Three persons that included a policeman, along with two civilians - a woman and another man were allegedly kidnapped on Tuesday along the Naka-Makurdi road.
Chairman of Gwer West Local Government Area, Andrew Ayande who confirmed the incident to journalists on Wednesday said that the area is notorious for criminality.
Ayande informed further, “This incident happened yesterday , you know we lost one prominent person around the place a day before yesterday and they took the corpse home yesterday . The people came as usual as they have been doing and they attacked the people in one of the vehicles. “A policeman and two others were kidnapped around Ahume at about 4:00 pm, the vehicle the victims were riding in has been taken to Naka police station,” the LGA chairman added.
When asked if the abductors had open contact with relatives of the victims, Ayande who answered in affirmative confirmed that, “The abductors were demanding N200,000 from the police family, N1 million from the woman and they also demanded N500,000 from the other victim. When contacted, the State Command spokesperson, Catherine Anene said she had yet to receive the report.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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