Kidnappers demand N950m ransom for corps members abducted while journeying from Ibadan to orientation camps

Kidnappers have demanded N950m for the release of 19 prospective corps members who were abducted while travelling from Ibadan, Oyo State, to their various National Youth Service Corps orientation camps.  The victims were travelling in two buses when gunmen attacked them along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Umunoha, Imo State, on Thursday, October 1 (read here). The Managing Director of Uko Akwa Ibom Motors Nigeria Limited, Isiah Akpan, told Punch that the kidnappers demanded N50m for each of the victims.    The kidnappers also contacted the victims’ families and demanded N50m for each person.  Narrating how the incident happened, Akpan told the publication that the two buses left Bodija/Samon...