Kidnappers hold FCT chief, 3 kids, release wife to raise ransom

Gunmen who abducted nine residents of GRA community in Mpape under Bwari Area Council in the FCT last Wednesday released one of their victims on Friday to facilitate a ransom.

The released victim, Aisha Peter, who is the wife of the chief of the community, David Peter, told City & Crime on Sunday that the gunmen made her trek in their company from their hideout believed to be in Kaduna State to a main road and provided transport fair for her.

She explained that, “They demanded that I provide a ransom of N50m for my husband and another N50m for our 3 children. They have given a two-week deadline to make the money available or that they would proceed with all the victims to their main base in Zamfara State.”

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She lamented that, “I don’t know how to raise the money.”