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MY KIDNAPPING EXPERIENCE ON 29th NOVEMBER ALONG #UGWUGO_NIKE_OPI_NSUKKA ROAD ENUGU STATE.

I was kidn@pped on the eve of 29th November, 2025 at around 5pm, barely 100meters away from the last police check point before Ugwogo roundabout that's if you're coming from Nsukka to Enugu.

We were having a smooth journey when all of a sudden I heard heavy gvnshots in front of me and at my back causing the vehicle ahead of me to jam into each other.

I immediately decelerated and instructed my colleague to run into the bush while I did same. I was running for my dear life heading to the camp of grace building close to the scene owned by Scripture Union when I heard a loud heey!!! with a gvn pointing towards me and the bearer telling me to lie down there.

It was at this point that I took one heavy breath and resigned to fate.

Few minutes later they came to me where I was lying, dragged me up and that was the begining of a 4-day nomadic lifestyle.

There are 11 of them, all of Fulani origin. Tall and skinny, they have 4 AK 47 rifl£, axe, hoe and m@chetes.

Their commander, a mid size guy with so much authority in his voice speaks good English, pidgin, Fulani and Igbo.

THEIR DAILY ROUTINE:
* They wake up at 5:30am in the morning, pack their belongings (food, pot, plates and folded sack which they sleep on) and hand it over to the victims then journey and settle before farmers arrive in their farms.

At 8pm in the evening we journey again to avoid tracked to the point where phone calls were made during the day.

* They offer one meal of either rice made with red oil, yam harvested in the bush with oil or garri for drinking. These foods are offered once in a day.

HOW THEY CARRIED OUT SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS WHILE I WAS THEIR
2 att@cks were launched while i was in their c@ptive.

This fateful day, we journeyed from a bush in Ogbeke to Agu Opi. Then settled on a hilltop at Agu Opi from where we heard sounds of moving vehicles on the road.

The commander had a watch that beeps at every O'clock so at 3pm 8 of them left our hide out spot.

At around 5pm gvnshots were heard and later at night victims were brought in after which the long journeys begin.

HOW TO AVOID BEING KIDNAPPED/SAFETY TIPS.
* The best time to use the Ugwogo /Opi Nsukka road is 9am - 1pm. This is because there are lots of farmland close to the small bushes along the road with one or two farms worked on.

* They position themselves along the road at distances enough to accommodate lots of vehicles so while one is shooting in front, the other is sho0ting at the back.

* While they are positioned waiting to strike, their members are staged in the *RIGHT side of the bush if you're coming from Nsukka* so when they strike, people who escape from their car and run into the bush for safety are ambvshed and kidn@pped.

* People who run into the opposite side are always safe.

* You're likely to fall a victim if you're coming from Nsukka because it will be easier to take you into their camp located at the *RIGHT side of the bush if you're coming from Nsukka*

* Remove victims from Whatsapp groups.

* Negotiate from so little and as a negotiator don't ever stop begging. If you sound mean on them, your person bears the brunt. They be@t their v!ctims.

APPRECIATION
I give all glory to God. He gave me a second chance to life through you all gentle men and ladies. What helped me is your prayers and funds.
I couldn't have begged for a better family than this. You took it personal and ensured my release.

Lots of persons here worked round the clock to ensure I come out unharmed and yes I did.

You all donated generously and from the depth of my heart I say a resounding thank you. Thank you and thank you again. The gratitude of my heart is forever yours.

_From the Peter you gave a second chance to life.

WE KEEP Moving

Sen Chijinkem Ugwuanyi

This is one scary account.

See they way the victim identifies the side of the road that is safe run, as opposed to the side of the road the is NOT safe to run, when kidnappers ambush motorists in a well-known danger spot. It is a sign of the times that kidnap survival strategies are being offered online by Nigerians who lived to tell the tale of horror they survived.

Just imagine how easy it would be for US drones to locate the terrorist encampment and reduce it to rubble, based purely on the geographical description given in the above story.

The Fulani kidnappers shouted “heey!!!" ko? Continue gan.
Harvested yam and gave you rice with oil? Ahhh!
When my guy was rescued today, he was so emanciated he couldn't walk.
They give people raw food to eat on a normal normal as they don't care whether you live or die but y'all got rice with oyel. Hmmm, continue

Happy survival Bro, & Thanks for the information..

Kidnapping is an organised crime just like yahoo, no be one-man-business.
Don't be surprised the khaki boys at the checkpoint have a share in your ransom money 🤑 even the community leaders.

Thank God you're safe..

this guy has vital information othat could help track these kidnappers

Kidnapping is happening everywhere in Nigeria from north, to south, to east, and even west. No where is safe and no one is safe, not even near police checkpoints (said this to a colleague of mine on Tuesday while on a road trip for business and we kept seeing police checkpoints). This is a a serious national crisis.

The truth is, our security systems are compromised and failing and we need urgent actions now. We need better policing, real solutions, and accountability. Yes service chiefs were changed, new Minister of Defence emerged, yet it’s still the same old story everyday.

Remember: today’s victims were yesterday’s survivors, and tomorrow’s victims might be today’s survivors.
It’s time to demand action from our leaders. Our lives depend on it. Enough of the talk. We need the change, now

This thing is really getting out of hands .
If you don't have anything Important that you're travelling for and can't afford flight, please stay in your base.

Christmas go come,life no go come go.

untoldtruth:
The Fulani kidnappers shouted “heey!!!" ko? Continue gan.
Harvested yam and gave you rice with oil? Ahhh!
When my guy was rescued today, he was so emanciated he couldn't walk.
They give people raw food to eat on a normal normal as they don't care whether you live or die but y'all got rice with oyel. Hmmm, continue

Pray you don't become a victim by then you go know the real truth make you Dey find

poshestmina:
This thing is really getting out of hands .
If you don't have anything Important that you're travelling for and can't afford flight, please stay in your base.

Christmas go come,life no go come go.

Many people have been kidnapped from their houses in recent times.

Did you read what he said about the leader? He spoke good English, Fulani, Ibo and Pidgin. That means, he could be a northerner that grew up in the east, or an easterner that grew up in the north.

There is something on my mind. What if the government gives a direct order to burn and clear thick bushes that these kidnappers are using as hiding spots?

Unfortunately, that is impossible. I'm certain that the government is not serious about crushing these people, and we Nigerians don't care as long as it isn't affecting us directly.

untoldtruth:
The Fulani kidnappers shouted “heey!!!" ko? Continue gan.
Harvested yam and gave you rice with oil? Ahhh!
When my guy was rescued today, he was so emanciated he couldn't walk.
They give people raw food to eat on a normal normal as they don't care whether you live or die but y'all got rice with oyel. Hmmm, continue

Fulani kidnappers will always feed up if you behave well, i was kidnapped too but I chop beating but I eat twice daily.

Everybody claiming Fulani are the ones kidnapping. How does this tally with what the governor of Anambra is saying


https://www.thecable.ng/soludo-99-99-of-criminals-weve-arrested-are-igbo-not-fulani-herders/
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2588020101582935


Does this mean that there are no Igbos kidnappers?



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Marvieduke
untoldtruth
We4all

Jakumo:
This is one scary account.

See they way the victim identifies the side of the road that is safe run, as opposed to the side of the road the is NOT safe to run, when kidnappers ambush motorists in a well-known danger spot. It is a sign of the times that kidnap survival strategies are being offered online by Nigerians who lived to tell the tale of horror they survived.

Just imagine how easy it would be for US drones to locate the terrorist encampment and reduce it to rubble, based purely on the geographical description given in the above story.

Sergio Ramos CONTINUES..

stuffs2002:
Everybody claiming Fulani are the ones kidnapping. How does this tally with what the governor of Anambra is saying


https://www.thecable.ng/soludo-99-99-of-criminals-weve-arrested-are-igbo-not-fulani-herders/
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2588020101582935


Does this mean that there are no Igbos kidnappers?



cc
Marvieduke
untoldtruth
We4all

Days ago some arrested bandits said it's the state government that gave the weapons,so it might also be so here,since the governor is saying this.. Fit be government side hustle lowkey.. Now he is saying it's Igbo,is that why you can't do something about the kidnapping?

BigYash:
Days ago some arrested bandits said it's the state government that gave the weapons,so it might also be so here,since the governor is saying this.. Fit be government side hustle lowkey.. Now he is saying it's Igbo,is that why you can't do something about the kidnapping?

Hardly a day passes that I don't thank God I'm not Igbo.

See level of thinking of a human being ooo
No wonder they believed that Buhari was a clone called Jubrin from Sudan
No wonder they believed Tafawa Balewa as president was a goro selling illiterate and he always needed Azikwe to translate English for him anytime the British spoke

So, because this no be Enugu governor political propaganda news, e no go enter front page Abi??
even when it has vital location information to help authorities track kidnappers..

stuffs2002:
Hardly a day passes that I don't thank God I'm not Igbo.

See level of thinking of a human being ooo
No wonder they believed that Buhari was a clone called Jubrin from Sudan
No wonder they believed Tafawa Balewa as president was a goro selling illiterate and he always needed Azikwe to translate English for him anytime the British spoke

You be Full ..Comot here . I am not Igbo and I love them, atleast some of them are not cowards like u

BigYash:
You be Full ..Comot here . I am not Igbo and I love them, atleast some of them are not cowards like u

List of Nigerian cowards
1) Nnamdi Azikiwe
2) Emeka Ojukwu
3) Nnamdi Kanu
4) Chinua Achebe

stuffs2002:
List of Nigerian cowards
1) Nnamdi Azikiwe
2) Emeka Ojukwu
3) Nnamdi Kanu
4) Chinua Achebe

Ur cup of tea

Marvieduke:
MY KIDNAPPING EXPERIENCE ON 29th NOVEMBER ALONG #UGWUGO_NIKE_OPI_NSUKKA ROAD ENUGU STATE.

I was kidn@pped on the eve of 29th November, 2025 at around 5pm, barely 100meters away from the last police check point before Ugwogo roundabout that's if you're coming from Nsukka to Enugu.

We were having a smooth journey when all of a sudden I heard heavy gvnshots in front of me and at my back causing the vehicle ahead of me to jam into each other.

I immediately decelerated and instructed my colleague to run into the bush while I did same. I was running for my dear life heading to the camp of grace building close to the scene owned by Scripture Union when I heard a loud heey!!! with a gvn pointing towards me and the bearer telling me to lie down there.

It was at this point that I took one heavy breath and resigned to fate.

Few minutes later they came to me where I was lying, dragged me up and that was the begining of a 4-day nomadic lifestyle.

There are 11 of them, all of Fulani origin. Tall and skinny, they have 4 AK 47 rifl£, axe, hoe and m@chetes.

Their commander, a mid size guy with so much authority in his voice speaks good English, pidgin, Fulani and Igbo.

THEIR DAILY ROUTINE:
* They wake up at 5:30am in the morning, pack their belongings (food, pot, plates and folded sack which they sleep on) and hand it over to the victims then journey and settle before farmers arrive in their farms.

At 8pm in the evening we journey again to avoid tracked to the point where phone calls were made during the day.

* They offer one meal of either rice made with red oil, yam harvested in the bush with oil or garri for drinking. These foods are offered once in a day.

HOW THEY CARRIED OUT SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS WHILE I WAS THEIR
2 att@cks were launched while i was in their c@ptive.

This fateful day, we journeyed from a bush in Ogbeke to Agu Opi. Then settled on a hilltop at Agu Opi from where we heard sounds of moving vehicles on the road.

The commander had a watch that beeps at every O'clock so at 3pm 8 of them left our hide out spot.

At around 5pm gvnshots were heard and later at night victims were brought in after which the long journeys begin.

HOW TO AVOID BEING KIDNAPPED/SAFETY TIPS.
* The best time to use the Ugwogo /Opi Nsukka road is 9am - 1pm. This is because there are lots of farmland close to the small bushes along the road with one or two farms worked on.

* They position themselves along the road at distances enough to accommodate lots of vehicles so while one is shooting in front, the other is sho0ting at the back.

* While they are positioned waiting to strike, their members are staged in the *RIGHT side of the bush if you're coming from Nsukka* so when they strike, people who escape from their car and run into the bush for safety are ambvshed and kidn@pped.

* People who run into the opposite side are always safe.

* You're likely to fall a victim if you're coming from Nsukka because it will be easier to take you into their camp located at the *RIGHT side of the bush if you're coming from Nsukka*

* Remove victims from Whatsapp groups.

* Negotiate from so little and as a negotiator don't ever stop begging. If you sound mean on them, your person bears the brunt. They be@t their v!ctims.

APPRECIATION
I give all glory to God. He gave me a second chance to life through you all gentle men and ladies. What helped me is your prayers and funds.
I couldn't have begged for a better family than this. You took it personal and ensured my release.

Lots of persons here worked round the clock to ensure I come out unharmed and yes I did.

You all donated generously and from the depth of my heart I say a resounding thank you. Thank you and thank you again. The gratitude of my heart is forever yours.

_From the Peter you gave a second chance to life.

WE KEEP Moving

Sen Chijinkem Ugwuanyi

Still wear Chelsea Jersey on top. Thank God for your release.

Puissant:
Kidnapping is happening everywhere in Nigeria from north, to south, to east, and even west. No where is safe and no one is safe, not even near police checkpoints (said this to a colleague of mine on Tuesday while on a road trip for business and we kept seeing police checkpoints). This is a a serious national crisis.

The truth is, our security systems are compromised and failing and we need urgent actions now. We need better policing, real solutions, and accountability. Yes service chiefs were changed, new Minister of Defence emerged, yet it’s still the same old story everyday.

Remember: today’s victims were yesterday’s survivors, and tomorrow’s victims might be today’s survivors.
It’s time to demand action from our leaders. Our lives depend on it. Enough of the talk. We need the change, now

The President has changed the security chiefs and efforts are on to adjust the constitution for STATE POLICE. There has never been a more ACTIVE PRESIDENT. If you don't let the state handle their security architecture, you'll keep wasting lives of our Military personnels. Let each Governor be responsible for their citizens security. If they like, they can spend all their state money on security.

business360:
Fulani kidnappers will always feed up if you behave well, i was kidnapped too but I chop beating but I eat twice daily.

Wait, dem kidnap you?

BigYash:
Ur cup of tea

Why are you in pain because of this small truth