Kidnappers of Nasarawa Commissioner demand N100m ransom, reject N3.5m offer

Kidnappers of the Nassrawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Yakubu Lawal, have demanded N100 million ransom before he could be released

It was reliably gathered that the family of the abducted commissioner have offered to pay the sum of N3.5 million, an offer said to have been rejected by the kidnappers.

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Nassrawa state command of the Nigeria Police Force had on Tuesday morning confirmed the abduction of the Information Commissioner, who was abducted at his residence in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state on Monday night.

According to a family source, “The kidnappers called one of us at about 4.30 pm on Tuesday and said the only way they will release the Commissioner is when we pay the sum of N100 million as ransom.

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“We offered to pay N3.5million but they switched off their phone. Then we dialled the number again and it was no longer reachable.”

Efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Rahman Nansel for comments could not yield results as several phone calls put across to him by our Correspondent were not responded to, at the time of filling the report.

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