Unidentified gunmen have struck in Isiokpo community in the Ikwerre Local Government Area, kidnapping an artisan.
The artisan, Mr. Godspower Nyeke, who fixes aluminum doors and windows to earn a living, was abducted on Tuesday by the hoodlums where he was working inside a building.
The suspected kidnappers were said to have established a contact with the relatives of their victim and were demanding N10m as ransom.
Nyenke, who also owns a building material shop in Isiokpo, was said to have been kidnapped with his apprentice.
The gunmen were said to have stormed the building with three motorcycles and whisked away their targets.
Sources disclosed that Nyeke and his apprentice were trailed by their abductors before they later came in and whisked them away.
The apprentice was said to have escaped from the kidnappers’ den.
A family source said contacts had been established with the abductors of the artisan.
He said, “We are very surprised to hear that our brother has been kidnapped even when he does not have money. They just came and kidnapped a young boy that is struggling to survive in this harsh economy.
“They followed him to the place where he was fixing keys because that is what he sells; and they kidnapped him. The kidnappers have called us and they are saying we should bring N10m for them to release our brother. Where can we get such amount?
“If any of us has N10m, it means he is rich. But we don’t have such an amount of money. We are appealing that they should release our brother. He is not a rich man; he is only managing to survive.”
Efforts made to reach the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ahmad Mohammad, to react to the matter proved abortive as calls to his mobile phone were not answered, while a text message sent to him was also not replied to.
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