Kogi LG Director’s Kidnappers Demand N30m

The kidnappers of the Director of Personnel Management, Okenne Local Government Area of Kogi State, Mr. Idowu Adeyemo, have demanded a ransom of N30m for his release. A family member,  Mr. Jude Odofin, in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Friday, said the abductors had established contacts with the relatives of the victim and had demanded a ransom of N30m. According
to him, Adeyemo was kidnapped by gunmen on Wednesday about 11am. He added that the LG official was driving a Toyota Corolla 2014 model car along Kabba-Okenne road on his way to his office when he was abducted. Odofin said the official car of the victim was abandoned while the LG official was taken to an unknown location. He claimed that the matter had been reported to  the Okennne and Lokoja police stations. But the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Collins Adebayo, said he was not aware of the kidnap.
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