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The gunmen who kinapped the correspondent of The Nation
newspaper in Aba, Abia state, eastern Nigeria, have demanded N20m ransom
for his release.
The correspondent, Mr. Ugochukwu Ugorji-Eke, was seized by gunmen on Sunday at his Aba residence at about 7:30 p.m.
Follwoing the incident, the Abia State Government has promised to ensure his early release from his abductors.
Briefing
newsmen at the Government House on the matter, the Commissioner for
Petroleum and alternate Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief
Don Ubani, wondered why Ugorji-Eke will be the target of the kidnappers
being merely a journalist who does not constitute a threat to anyone
and of the middle class.
He said that the state
government has risen to the occasion and made necessary contacts with
the various security agencies in the state with a view to securing his
release and expressed optimism that he will soon regain his freedom.
Ubani said government has contacted Ugorji-Eke’s family.
The
Chief Press Secretary to Abia State Governor, Mr. Charles Ajunwa,
revealed that the kidnappers dragged the journalist out of his car by
7:30 p.m. and took him away to an undisclosed location.
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