Bandits Demand N100m For Three Kidnapped Children In Kogi
– Tamarauemi Ebimini
The gunmen who kidnapped three children in Ajaokuta last week Wednesday have demanded N100 million as ransom from their parents.
Newsmen reliably gathered on Saturday that the bandits put called to the father of the children asking for the amount.
Sources closed to the family informed Newsmen that the bandit warned the father of the children to cooperate with them or else they will not see their children again.
Meanwhile, the Kogi State Government has said that they are already coordinating the rescue efforts in collaboration with the security chiefs in the state as well as local vigilante groups.
This was contained in a press statement issued on Saturday by the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo.
He said as a government that is accountable to the people, “we wish to make the following statements concerning the breach of security in Ajaokuta Local Government Area and efforts at retaining the trust of our people in protecting them”.
He noted that immediately after the unfortunate report was brought to the attention of the State Government, Governor Yahaya Bello spread our security net by working with the conventional security agencies and local vigilante groups to ensure the abducted children are rescued alive and the cowards who abducted them brought to book.
