Crime Alert Wednesday, May 23, 2012
By Chinenyeh Ozor
The University town of Nsukka in Enugu State was thrown into fear last week following the kidnap of a prominent business man by unknown gunmen along St. Therese's Road while his wife narrowly escaped from the abductors.
Crime Alert gathered that the abductors of the businessman whose name was given simply as Okey Ike trailed him and his wife from their shop along slaughter road, in Nsukka to a point close to their residence when they halted their victim's car, forced him out of the steering while his wife opened the door and ran away.
The kidnappers of Okey Ike, a prominent building materials businessman, took him away with his car to an unknown place only to abandon the car at a distance from the point he was kidnapped. Mrs. Ike, wife of the kidnapped businessman told Crime Alert that she was with her husband when the kidnappers struck and abducted him.
She said they were going home after the days' business from their shop and at a certain point close to their residence, they heard 'stop, come down' and she opened the other door and ran away. "They did not chase or shoot me, they were after my husband," she noted.
She explained further that from the time her husband was abducted till the time of this report, the abductors have not communicated her nor any of his relatives "I pray God that they should not kill him, if their intention was for ransom".
Contacted for comment, a senior police officer at Nsukka Urban police division who pleaded anonymity confirmed the kidnap incident. The police officer noted that the car of the kidnapped businessman was recovered at a point his kidnappers abandoned it and made away with their victim, stressing that all hands are on deck at the division to track the kidnappers of the businessman.
Meanwhile, reports reaching Crime Alert, Monday evening said the kidnappers have contacted the wife of the businessman and was demanding a ransom of N50 million. Police sources also hinted that undercover agents specially selected by the Area Commander in Nsukka, Mohammed Lawal, are working round the clock and may soon round up the kidnappers.
It was gathered that the Commander gave matching orders to the team of crack detectives to fish out perpetrators of the criminal act without delay and on record time.
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