In what seems to be the biggest kidnap to rattle the entire nation so, it was resolved quite well. One reader said the kidnappers dont know to price in the kidnapping industry. How can they fall from $1b to N200m. That was meant to be wisecrack but in light of the situation, it is not remotely funny. I wish prices of good and services in Nigeria will follow that pattern of price slash.
News had it that a ransom of N10m was paid but police says otherwise. I dont wanna know the detail about paying or not paying ransom for now. Im happy she made it out alive. About the truth of paying ransom, only God knows we may never know.
News had it that a ransom of N10m was paid but police says otherwise. I dont wanna know the detail about paying or not paying ransom for now. Im happy she made it out alive. About the truth of paying ransom, only God knows we may never know.
After five days in captivity, with 63 arrests made and a reported
demand of $1 billion ransom, Prof. Kamene Okonjo, the abducted mother of
the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Friday regained her freedom without any drama.
The only drama, perhaps, was the fact the 82-year-old professor of
sociology had to ride on a commercial bike to the palace of her husband,
the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo.
However, Delta State Police Commissioner, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, said the
special task force set up by the inspector-general of police and other
security agencies in the state were able to secure Prof. Okonjo's
release “without the payment of any ransom”.
The police commissioner's clarification was apparently to quell the
suspicion that some ransom may have been paid to the abductors who were
believed to have made a demand for $1 billion before, reportedly,
reducing the sum to N200 million.
Confirming the release of the Okonjo family's matriarch, special
adviser (Media) to Dr Okonjo-Iweala, Mr. Paul Nwabuikwu, said in a press
statement: “I can confirm that Professor Kamene Okonjo, wife of the Obi
of Ogwashi-Uku, Professor Chukwuka Okonjo and mother of the
Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was released this morning, five days after her abduction.
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