Professor Onje Gye Wado, a former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, was kidnapped, and the abductors are demanding N70 million to free him.
On Friday, the family reportedly received a phone call from the kidnappers requesting payment.
This was revealed by a family source, who also said that the family members are pleading with the kidnappers to accept N2 million in exchange for his release.
The family members argued that because it was a public holiday, they would be unable to go to the bank to arrange for more money.
“The kidnappers are in touch with the family of Prof and they have demanded the sum of N70 million naira, while the family has offered N2 million naira,” the source said according to Vanguard.
On raising the ransom, the source narrated that the family asked to pay N2 million for the release of the former deputy governor.
“Today Friday, till Monday, is public holiday, there is nowhere we can get money and we want him (Prof), back alive” the source said.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls unknown gunmen had in the early hours of Friday, kidnapped a former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Professor Onje Gye-Wado.
The gunmen abducted the politician from his residence in Gwagi village of Wamba Local Government Area of the state.
Confirming the development in a press release, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the assailants forcefully broke into Gye-Wado’s residence but the command’s operatives in collaboration with other security personnel have since launched a search to rescue the victim unhurt.