Precious Okoro, 15, student of Ikenne Communty College, Ikene, Ogun State has
been kidnapped from Ogun state and taken to Niger Republic.
According to victim’s
father, Nwaigwe, Precious was kidnapped around Songotedo, in the Ajah area of
Lagos State, where she had boarded a commercial vehicle en route to her school
in Ikenne, Ogun State.
“My daughter, who was on holiday, was returning to her
school in Ikenne Communty College, Ikene, Ogun State. On Sunday, May 25, 2014,
she boarded a bus at the motor park in my presence and I bid her farewell.
“I thought she was already in school until the principal
called me and said the school was about writing exams and nobody knew her
whereabouts.
“I quickly informed the police at Ajah, and the Divisional Police Officer told me to be calm and wait because it was possible she went to a boyfriend’s house and they probably wanted to fleece me.
“One fateful morning in August, I saw an international line and the kidnappers said they were calling from Niamey in the Niger Republic, adding that if I wanted to see my daughter alive, I should pay them $100,000.”
“I quickly informed the police at Ajah, and the Divisional Police Officer told me to be calm and wait because it was possible she went to a boyfriend’s house and they probably wanted to fleece me.
“One fateful morning in August, I saw an international line and the kidnappers said they were calling from Niamey in the Niger Republic, adding that if I wanted to see my daughter alive, I should pay them $100,000.”
He claimed he did not take the callers serious, until he
heard the distressed voice of his daughter, who told him they were indeed in
Niger Republic and that the bus she boarded that day was owned by the
kidnappers.
“I told them to send me an account number, and they
sent an Ecobank account number belonging to one Nwachukwu Daniel. I did not
have the money they requested and I contacted the police for help, but I was
asked to still exercise patience.
“After some weeks, they called again and I asked for another
account number. They sent a Diamond Bank account number. They were using
different international lines to call. They used about 15 different numbers to
call us,” he added.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, said
he would call back, but had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.
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