{"id":100737,"date":"2022-10-27T18:11:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T17:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100737"},"modified":"2022-10-27T18:11:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T17:11:20","slug":"breaking-former-enugu-ssg-others-kidnapped-as-herdsmen-takeover-enugu-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-former-enugu-ssg-others-kidnapped-as-herdsmen-takeover-enugu-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Former Enugu SSG, others kidnapped as herdsmen takeover Enugu highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A former Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Dr. Dan Shere has been abducted.<\/p>\n<p>He is among several other commuters kidnapped along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Shere, a medical doctor, served under the administration of former Governor, Chimaroke Nnamani.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\nA source told our correspondent that the Enugu politician was travelling to Nsukka for a meeting when the gunmen attacked him alongside other travellers.<\/div>\n<div>\nOne of the survivors, who shared a video of the attack, said the gunmen were about eight in number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey shot severally at our vehicle; one of us was hit by the bullets. But our driver managed to move on. We succeeded in taking the victim to the hospital,\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked God for saving him and four others from the same community.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it was gathered that the kidnappers, who are said to be herdsmen, have increased their ransom demand on those they earlier picked on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey earlier demanded the sum of N2m on one of the victims but they have now increased it to N30m. They searched the phones of the victims to know their status,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>An enquiry sent to the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Enugu State Police Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe has not been returned as of the time of filing this report.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Dr. Dan Shere has been abducted. He is among several other commuters kidnapped along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road on Thursday. 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