The kidnappers of Chief Blessing Wagio and Chief Isaac Akono-Igolo have reportedly demanded N50 million for their release a week after their abduction.
The Chiefs who are both indigenes of Okpoama in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and a security operative, whose identity could not be ascertained, were kidnapped last Wednesday along Ogbia-Brass waterways by armed men suspected to be Gangsters.
Though the location of the kidnapped victims are yet to be known, the kidnappers were said to have contacted the family of one of the chiefs making the demand of N50 million ransom before they would be set released.
news gathered that the victims’ boat, which sailed from Ogbia water front in Ogbia council, was heading to Brass on the Atlantic fringe when it came under attack around Kiberibio area in the waterway, described as a hotbed of Gangsters attacks.
A member of the family said: “The kidnappers are demanding a ransom of N50 million. They called the wife of Chief Wagio on Monday at about 10p.m. and made the two chiefs to speak with her.”
Contacted, Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, said he was in a meeting.
The kidnappers of Chief Blessing Wagio and Chief Isaac Akono-Igolo have reportedly demanded N50 million for their release a week after their abduction.
The Chiefs who are both indigenes of Okpoama in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and a security operative, whose identity could not be ascertained, were kidnapped last Wednesday along Ogbia-Brass waterways by armed men suspected to be Gangsters.
Though the location of the kidnapped victims are yet to be known, the kidnappers were said to have contacted the family of one of the chiefs making the demand of N50 million ransom before they would be set released.
news gathered that the victims’ boat, which sailed from Ogbia water front in Ogbia council, was heading to Brass on the Atlantic fringe when it came under attack around Kiberibio area in the waterway, described as a hotbed of Gangsters attacks.
A member of the family said: “The kidnappers are demanding a ransom of N50 million. They called the wife of Chief Wagio on Monday at about 10p.m. and made the two chiefs to speak with her.”
Contacted, Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, said he was in a meeting.