80-yr-old politician kidnapped in Benue

John Akpodovhan, Makurdi - 17.09.2009

A former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN), Chief Simon Shango, was kidnapped from his Makurdi residence, Benue State, on Tuesday.

The 80-year-old politician was kidnapped around Smile Suit within Makurdi as he was driving out from the hotel by some gun-trotting men. According to the Nigeian Tribune source, the kidnappers were demanding N200 million ransom for his safety.

Nigerian Tribune gathered that Chief Shango was taken to a hideout on Gboko Makurdi highway where he was being held captive by his abductors who had spoken with the members of his family.

The state Police Commissioner, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed, said he had advised the family to play along with the abductors while every detail on their negotiations are disclosed to his men who have been instructed to trail the criminals.

Mohammed, who vowed that the abductors would be fished out soon, said his men had spread their dragnet to all the get-away areas usually patronised by criminals.

It will be recalled that an Indian national, who worked with Olam Nig Ltd in Makurdi was recently kidnapped in Anyangba, Kogi state on his way from Lagos but was rescued by the Benue State Police Command.
Another attempt to kidnap the wife and daughter of the state Commissioner

for Environment and Water Resources, Honourable John Mgbede, was foiled by the police when the criminals were cobwebbed when they went to Afribank, Anyangba, to cash the N500,000 out of the N1 million they demanded.

Chief Nkechi, a business man who also was abducted by kidnappers last week was left off the hook when his wife paid the N5 million ransom they requested for before the police could intervene.





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The disease is spreading fast. From South South to South East now to Middle Belt. Will it stop there?

There we go again. Kidnapping has become a national disease. It is no longer the exclusive of MEND. Our leaders due to their lack of effective direction and wanton corruption has given us another disease. May God help us.

GBOMO GBOMO!

BOKO HARAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KIDNAPPERS!!!!!!!!!!

Na waooo,

I thought they used to kidnap for rituals back in the days, but this 21st century of ours, it's now another means of making money, a lucrative business, hehehe

This is getting serious, hmmmmmmmm,

How long will these useless kidnappers continue to run our country?, The Police needs to wake up.

How long will these useless kidnappers continue to run our country?, The Police needs to wake up

which Police?

The ones that did not know that Ribadu was in town until he already gone?

, you're right, it was a slip of tongue for mentioning the police in a very serious case like this.