ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- One of the wives of the District Head of Bukpe in Kwali Area Council of the FCT, Mrs. Sadiya Hassan Shamdozhi, and two of her sons, Hamisu and Osama, are still in captivity 38 days after they were abducted by gunmen.
The victims were said to be picked by armed men on Saturday, 4 February, 2023, City & Crime reports.
The abductors are said to have demanded N6m ransom and asked the chief to sell his car to raise the money.
A relative of the monarch, who preferred to remain anonymous, said the family had exhausted all avenues to raise the N6m.
He said: “The person negotiating with the leader of the gunmen pleaded with them to accept the little money the family has struggled to raise, but they insisted on collecting N6m and even asked the chief to go and sell his car to raise the money.”
The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, DSP Adeh Josephine, was yet to comment on the matter at the time of filing this report.