Gunmen who abducted 31 Edo train passengers on Saturday have allegedly demanded N620m ransom for their release. The criminals had presented their demands to the families of the abductees. The Executive Director, Esan Youth for Good Governance and Social Justice, Benson Odia, disclosed that the kidnappers were demanding N20million for each victim. This was as the police anti-terrorism squad and the Nigerian Railway Corporation on Monday met to strategise on ways to rescue the train passengers.
January 10, 2023Gunmen who abducted 31 Edo train passengers on Saturday have allegedly demanded N620m ransom for their release.The Executive Director, Esan Youth for Good Governance and Social Justice, Benson Odia, disclosed that the kidnappers were demanding N20million for each victim.
He also said that the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo and the Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidel Okhiria were at Igueben to assess the situation. The commissioner in a statement noted that Governor Godwin Obaseki had given directives that the criminals should be arrested. “The six persons are: a 65-year-old man, a nursing mother and her baby, a six-year-old girl and two siblings; aged two and five years old.
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