Abductors of Mrs Queen Eyetan Egbedi, 73, mother of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s Senior Special Assistant on Agriculture, Julius Egbedi, yesterday demand a ransom of N35m.
She was kidnapped at about 11pm on Sunday December 27 at her country home in Ituru-Elume.
The kidnappers, according to Vanguard, came in a Jetta car while another said they came in an Audi 80 car, parked at a distance of about a hundred yards and walked to the house, dragged her away into the car and sped off that night.
Soldiers of 3 Battalion of the Nigeria Army in charge of the area have reportedly arrested about six suspects and are on trail of other members of the gang.
One of the victim’s sons, Mr Michael Egbedi, had been kidnapped a month earlier for two days but released without ransom when the kidnappers got wind that soldiers were closing on them.
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