Kidnappers have seized the 83-year-old father of
a former Super Eagles player, Chikelue
Iloenyosi, in Njikoka Local Government,
Anambra State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim, James
Iloenyosi, was on his way back from the church
on Monday when he was abducted by the
assailants.
A family source said the kidnappers blocked
Chikelue father’s car and then put him into
another car before speeding off.
He said, “On Monday, Pa Iloenyosi (James) was
driving home from morning Mass when some
men in a Toyota Camry blocked his Peugeot 504
and pulled him out of his vehicle. They
subsequently put him inside their own vehicle
and sped off.
“After organising a search party without
success, we called his son on the telephone to
inform him of the development.
“The following day, the kidnappers called us
with the victim’s telephone and demanded
N50m ransom. Family members have been
trying to negotiate with them but they have
refused to collect anything less.”
When our correspondent contacted Chikelue on
the telephone, he confirmed the development.
He said, “I received a telephone call from the
village that my father had been kidnapped.
Later we were able to recover his vehicle, but
my father’s telephone was switched off for the
rest of the day. It was the following day that the
kidnappers called with their demand.”
He said the family was still meeting to plan the
next cause of action, while negotiation was
ongoing with the kidnappers.
The former Nigerian defender said the incident
was more painful as his father’s twin brother
had only recently died.
“We have been begging these kidnappers but
they have been threatening to kill my father if
we did not pay. That money is just too much,”
he said.

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