{"id":91403,"date":"2022-02-02T13:24:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T12:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=91403"},"modified":"2022-02-02T13:24:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T12:24:54","slug":"gunmen-kidnap-11-council-workers-in-abia-demand-n25m-ransom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gunmen-kidnap-11-council-workers-in-abia-demand-n25m-ransom\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kidnap 11 council workers in Abia , demand N25m ransom"},"content":{"rendered":"
The council workers who were said to be returning from the traditional marriage ceremony of their colleagues at about 5pm were seized by the unknown at Leru , a boundary town between Abia and Imo states along the Enugu \u2013 Port Harcourt expressway.<\/div>\n
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Sources told Pointblanknews.com that the 11 workers were travelling in a bus when the kidnappers struck.\u00a0 Some of the workers escaped while the kidnappers took others into the bush.<\/p>\n
\nContacted, State President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Comrade Ikechi Nwaigwe, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that it has been reported to the Umunneochi Police Division and commended the Chairman of Umunneochi council, Chief Ifeanyi Madu, for his efforts.<\/div>\n
\nHe said; \u201cInformation reaching the NULGE office reveals that some members of our staff from Umunneochi LGA were kidnapped yesterday about 5 pm on their way back from traditional marriage of their colleague and taken into the bush along Enugu\/Port Harcourt expressway within Imo\/Abia state boundary in Leru town. Up to this moment, they are still in the custody of the kidnappers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nwaigwe, however, disclosed that the kidnappers have demanded a N50 million ransom and later reduced it to N25 million and urged members of the union to pray for the safe release of the abducted workers.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\u201cWe urge all our members to pray for God\u2019s intervention for their release. There\u2019s nothing God cannot do. With prayers all things are possible to them that believe in God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pointblanknews.com gathered that workers of the council have been convening prayer sessions praying to God for the release of their colleagues.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nPolice Public Relations Officer, Abia State Command, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, was yet to respond to calls and text message sent to his mobile number, as at press time.<\/p>\n
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