Abductors K!ll Woman, Demand N100m To Free Her Husband

Kidnappers who abducted Mr. Arimazoya Abona, a man in his 70s, from Ubuneke-Ivbiaro in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State after fatally shooting his wife, have demanded a ransom of N100 million.

According to The Nation, witnesses said that after the wife was shot in the neck, neighbours and passersby scampered to safety, with the gunmen invading through a bush path on the Ivbiaro-Auchi-Ikpeshi forest.

The youth of Ubuneke-Ivbiaro mobilised and headed for the forest in trail of the kidnappers to rescue the victim, but without success.

It was gathered that men of the Nigeria Police at Afuze divisional headquarters, and some soldiers visited the scene, while the body of the woman was deposited in an undisclosed morgue in Edo.

Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moses Yamu, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), could not be reached at press time.