Police parades kidnappers of CBN gov’s wife
The Nigeria Police Force has paraded the suspected kidnappers of Margaret Emefiele, the wife of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele.
The police paraded the kidnappers, seven of them at a press conference and also unveiled the N15million naira cash ransom that they were paid to release Margaret after some hours.
Margaret was abducted by heavily armed gunmen late Thursday, September 29, 2016 alongside four other women and her driver but the identities of the women are still not known to the public.
Security sources said the kidnappers contacted Emefiele and vowed not to free his wife unless the ransom was paid.
The police had also announced that it had kicked off a manhunt for four other accomplices who have been declared wantedand also recovered the ransom money paid. The men had claimed that Margaret was kidnapped by mistake. A member of the kidnap gang said the gang had no idea who their victim was.
The suspect, Musa Muhammad, and five others, who are Flanigan were interrogated at the Edo state police command. Margaret’s abduction along the Benin-Agbor road shook Nigeria to the very core for at least two days and brought to the fore again the issue of kidnapping in Nigeria. More scary for Nigerians is the realization that even high profile people that were hitherto believed to be untouchable are fast becoming targets of kidnappers.
In the last ten months, there have been not less than five incidences of such high profile kidnaps across the country and most of them ended up with ransoms being paid. This has become a great worry for ordinary Nigerians who cannot afford the huge amounts often demanded as ransom. It has also become a source of concern for the top Nigerians who are now afraid of being abducted.
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