Abductors of Inengite Nitabai, the 70-year
old uncle of President Goodluck Jonathan,
have demanded a N500m ransom.
A security source said that the abductors
threatened to kill him if the family fails to
produce the money.
The source also said the family had
constituted a committee to evaluate the
demand, establish negotiations with the
abductors and facilitate his release.
He said the kidnappers had also warned
against the involvement of security
operatives in the matter.
“The kidnappers contacted the family four
days after and demanded a whopping
sum of N500m. It is believed that the
family of the victim has begun
negotiations with the hoodlums,” he said.
Tension and panic set in when the
kidnappers failed to establish any contact
with the family of their victim three days
after he was abducted.
That development was said to have rattled
the Presidency, which reportedly ordered
a massive deployment of security in
Otuoke, the hometown of the Jonathans,
and the Niger Delta creeks.
The gunmen abducted Nitabai on Sunday
after collecting about N400,000 from his
wife.
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