Bandits threatened to shoot me for speaking Igbo – Umuahia kidnap victim

Mr Dennis Izuchukwu Okechi, an indigene of Umuawa Alaocha assemblage successful Ohuhu, Umuahia North LGA of Abia State, has disclosed that the six bandits who kidnapped him past Wednesday threatened to sprout him dormant for communicating with his radical connected the telephone successful the Igbo language.

Okechi, a tricycle operator, and Mrs. Onyinyechi Ekechukwu, a farmer, were kidnapped connected their mode backmost from the workplace and dragged into the bush astatine astir 3:00 p.m. connected Wednesday by the bandits. They were aboriginal rescued by the Umuawa Alaocha assemblage information outfit astatine astir midnight connected the aforesaid day.

Okechi, who was speaking successful symptom from his infirmary bed, narrated that the bandits inflicted respective wounds connected him and Mrs. Onyinyechi Ekechukwu earlier ordering him to telephone his radical to bring a N10 cardinal ransom.

According to him, helium swiftly utilized the Igbo connection to pass the determination wherever helium was being held successful the Udengwu wood to his people.

The Umuawa Alaocha indigene disclosed that the bandits abruptly seized the telephone from him successful choler and threatened to termination him if helium did not pass successful English.

“Once they handed maine my telephone to telephone my people, I rapidly utilized the Igbo connection to alert them astir the country wherever the bandits had dragged maine and Auntie Onyinyechi. I rapidly told them th...