Kidnappers free driver, corpse, one sibling, demand N30m for two others in Benue

Some of the victims abducted on the Otukpo–Ogobia Road successful Benue State person regained their state aft gunmen released the driver, the corpse of an aged pistillate and 1 of her 3 children.

The abductors, however, are inactive holding 2 of the siblings and are demanding a N30 cardinal ransom for their release.

DAILY POST reported that the household were reportedly travelling from Abuja to Oklenyi successful Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State for the burial of their precocious parent erstwhile their conveyance broke down on the Otukpo–Ogobia Road. While stranded, they were allegedly ambushed and kidnapped by equipped men.

Family members told Idoma Voice that the kidnappers aboriginal freed the driver, handed implicit the deceased woman’s assemblage and released 1 of the siblings.

The remains of the pistillate person since been taken to Okpoga, wherever ceremonial rites are already underway.

Despite the partial release, 2 of the siblings are inactive being held by the kidnappers.

According to the household sources, the abductors person established interaction and are demanding ₦30 cardinal earlier the remaining victims tin regain their freedom.

Relatives are said to beryllium moving tirelessly to rise the ransom portion besides urging information agencies to intensify efforts to rescue the captives.

The improvement has near the household with mixed feelings, arsenic the...