THE Nigeria union of journalists NUJ Nasarawa state Correspondent chapel chairman Suleiman Abubaka said in Lafia Thursday that the abductors of his wife and three others on Wednesday evening are demanding N5m ransom for her release.
Abubakar told journalists in Lafia that he narrowly escaped from the bus conveying his wife and three other occupants of the vehicle while the abductors went his wife and other victims.
According to Abubakar, the women were abducted by the gunmen, following an attack on Gudi-Garaku Road in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state on their way to Lafia, the state capital.
He said the assailants shot at the union’s bus conveying him, his wife and the victims from Keffi, where his wife had gone to register at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp, at about 7pm.
“They called me this morning demanding N5 million in order to secure the release of my wife, however, I told them that I can only afford N50,000 and they said I was not serious. They also allowed my wife to speak with me on the phone to ascertain that she was alright,†he said.
“One of the women is a wife of a former State House of Assembly member who they offered free ride.
Meanwhile, ASP Samaila Usman, the Police Public Relations Officer Nasarawa state Command, said that the command was working assiduously to secure the release of the victims unhurt.
source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2019/03/abductors-of-journalists-wife-ask-for-n5m-ransom/
