Kidnappers have released the 78-year-old father of ex-Central Bank of Nigeria governor Charles Soludo 10 days after he was seized from his home, police said Thursday.

"Mr. Simeon Soludo was dropped on a road near his village last night," Anambra State police spokesman Emeka Chukwuemeka told AFP.

Chukwuemeka said Soludo, who was abducted by gunmen who invaded his compound in Isuofia on October 27, was released "unhurt".

Police could not immediately say if a ransom had been paid before he was freed by the kidnappers who had demanded 500 million naira (3.3 million dollars, 2.2 million euros) from the family.

Family sources blamed political opponents of Charles Soludo, the former CBN chief for the kidnapping.

Soludo, who left office in June, was last month controversially nominated candidate for the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) for upcoming state governorship elections. Aggrieved aspirants are contesting the nomination in the courts.

In 2006, unknown gunmen shot the father in the eye when his son was in the final stages of implementing sweeping reforms of Nigeria's troubled banking sector.

Kidnapping for ransom, which occurs frequently in Nigeria's southern oil hub, has recently spread across the vast west African country.

Most hostages are released unharmed after a few days or weeks, often when a ransom is paid, yet in some cases victims are killed.

In the first six months of this year, more than 500 people were abducted across the country, with 10 of them killed, according to the Police Affairs Minister Yakubu Lame

timpaker:

"SO my kidnappers when are we going to share the money, my son don pay" says pa soludo,
"we have to wait let the money mature, or do you want that your stingy son to notice what we just did" says Mr ADULTnapper
" no, i just want to enjoy my share before i die" says pa soludo.

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Nezan:

Let the Police continue investigating the matter-o, it shouldnt end there.

timpaker:

@ jdamian Is'nt it an illusion, the man was'nt kidnapped he was used as a tool in stopping soludo from picking the PDP governorship ticket and also to extort money from him. think of it they demanded 500 million naira and then to be paid in dollars, moments later it was reduced to so de facto, his father once complained that his son (soludo) is stingy and that it was because of him he lost an eye. so i guess Mr Chris Uba came and took advantage of it and , conspired with pa simon to sap out money from him.
more facts are there in Anambra so dont misquote me

semid4lyfe:

Shey I no go find one kain high profile politician relative kidnap so?

Mcfeddy:

Kidnappers have released the 78-year-old father of ex-Central Bank of Nigeria governor Charles Soludo 10 days after he was seized from his home, police said Thursday.

"Mr. Simeon Soludo was dropped on a road near his village last night," Anambra State police spokesman Emeka Chukwuemeka told AFP.

Chukwuemeka said Soludo, who was abducted by gunmen who invaded his compound in Isuofia on October 27, was released "unhurt".

Police could not immediately say if a ransom had been paid before he was freed by the kidnappers who had demanded 500 million naira (3.3 million dollars, 2.2 million euros) from the family.

Family sources blamed political opponents of Charles Soludo, the former CBN chief for the kidnapping.

Soludo, who left office in June, was last month controversially nominated candidate for the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) for upcoming state governorship elections. Aggrieved aspirants are contesting the nomination in the courts.

In 2006, unknown gunmen shot the father in the eye when his son was in the final stages of implementing sweeping reforms of Nigeria's troubled banking sector.

Kidnapping for ransom, which occurs frequently in Nigeria's southern oil hub, has recently spread across the vast west African country.

Most hostages are released unharmed after a few days or weeks, often when a ransom is paid, yet in some cases victims are killed.

In the first six months of this year, more than 500 people were abducted across the country, with 10 of them killed, according to the Police Affairs Minister Yakubu Lame

timpaker:

  "SO my kidnappers when are we going to share the money, my son don pay" says pa soludo,
  "we have to wait let the money mature, or do you want that your stingy son to notice what we just did" says Mr ADULTnapper
  " no, i just want to enjoy my share before i die" says pa soludo.

    MAGGAS DON PAY>

*jona:

Date Published: 11/05/09

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The DCP confirmed that five persons have been arrested in connection with the kidnap saga while one of the abductors managed to escape.

*jona:



The DCP confirmed that five persons have been arrested in connection with the kidnap saga while one of the abductors managed to escape.

saintade01:

Now some men are rich again just with this act, hmmm

Uh-oh! Looks like someone is getting a really bad idea

@Topic
Good to know, though we may never know the real story.