Ejura and Onekwu Opaluwah
Five gunmen have kidnapped two
female students of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State from their home in
Karmo, Abuja on Sunday. The girls, Ejura and Onekwu
Opaluwah, were taken away in the booth of a blue Honda car with number plate,
HR 152 ABC, in what started off as a robbery incident at 5.00 p.m.
Speaking to Vanguard, an uncle of
the missing girls, Mr. Amadi Opaluwah, said: “It was about 5 p.m that evening
when five armed men came into the house and went straight to the room of the
girls’ father, Mr Samson Opaluwah, an engineer. They robbed him of his
valuables. As they were leaving, they took both girls and put them in the booth
of the car. Continue after the cut...
“The abductors then called yesterday
asking us to pay N200 million ransom, which they eventually reduced to N150
million.”
Opaluwah, who declined to give more
information for fear of the girls’ safety, argued that the abduction was not
politically motivated as the father of the girls, who is the procurement
officer at the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, is a civil servant and not a
politician.
He said: “My brother is not a
politician; he has no interest in politics, so I don’t think there is any
political undertone to this. We are pleading with the abductors to release the girls, they are innocent.
Also, I want my nieces to have faith, be calm and patient. By God’s grace, they
will be home soon.”
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