Wedding guests abducted in Nkpunato Nkpologu, Uzo-Uwani Council Area of Enugu State, have expressed dissatisfaction with the Enugu State Police Command for refuting claims that they were kidnapped by gunmen.
Ejes Gist News reports, a victim named Ikenna Diugwu revealed on Saturday that his family had to pay a ransom of N2 million to the abductors for their release.
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Narrating the unfortunate incident, Diugwu explained that they were on a bus going to a traditional wedding ceremony at Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State on December 27, 2023, when their vehicle was attacked and they were abducted.
He said that they spent three days in the bush before they were released by the kidnappers, regretting that the police made no attempt to rescue them “instead the Commissioner shamefully came out to deny their abduction” to give the impression that Enugu State is the safest place to be in Nigeria when in actual sense Enugu was under siege of kidnapping.
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On their ordeal in the hands of the kidnappers, he said that their hands were tied to the back and they were starved for three days, adding that they were taken from one location to the other in the bush.
We were in a bus which was conveying us to a traditional wedding ceremony at Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State on December 27, 2023, when we were abducted at Nkpunato Nkpologu, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
“Seven of us were kidnapped and taken into the bush while others escaped. In the bush, they tied our hands to the back and hit us with matchets. We didn’t eat for three days. They were taking us from one location to the other in the bush.
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“From the intonation of the kidnappers, they were Fulani herdsmen carrying AK-49 assault rifles. We paid N2 million ransom before they released us,” he said.
Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, issued a statement on Tuesday, January 16, through the command’s spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, refuting claims of wedding guests’ abduction in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area. He labeled certain media reports as “reckless, misleading, inaccurate, fictitious, and sensational.
When will Nigerian government rise up to this unacceptable nuisances???.How lo g will this nonsense be tolerated??.Something is deeply wrong that’s been hidden. Although common thinking senses reveals it all to all who cares to know.WAKE UP!!! indigenous tribal ethnic Nigerians. Enough is enough for Allah’s sake IJN.