The abductors of two teachers of Rundele High School including an NYSC member who was suppose to pass- out Thursday and the school labourer in Emohua Local government of Rivers State have demanded a whopping ransom of N25million for the four people under their custody.
The leaders of Agba-Ndele Community Thursday confirmed the news of the ransom which they said was made through the Vice Principal of Rundele High School, Mr. Anthony Ovodo and Chief Christian Iroanwuri.
But the community which spoke through the Chairman, Community Development Committee (CDC) Elder Ikechi Chimezie said the community cannot get such a huge amount of money considering the harsh economic condition of the people.
He pleaded with the kidnappers to consider the plight of the victims and release them unconditionally, adding that none of the victims or community leaders has enough cash to pay such huge amount of ransom.
Some of the NYSC members who spoke to The Nation Thursday during batch C passing-out parade in Port Harcourt said the issue of abduction of corps members serving in Rivers State is becoming alarming. They however demanded for unconditional release of their colleague.
A corps member, Emmanuel Baba, Accounting graduate said, “I felt so sad when we heard about the news of his kidnap. We were doing counting and everybody was jubilating when the news broke. We are praying to God and calling on the kidnappers to release our colleague unconditionally.”
Another corps member, Ononogbo Chibuike, a Mathematics graduate said, “The government should provide adequate security in all the corpers’ lodge. Sometimes they post us to places where we cannot understand their security challenges. I want to beg the government to assist in the release of the kidnapped corps member.
But Nigerian Democratic Awareness Forum, a non- governmental organization in the state said the NYSC state Secretariat has not show any seriousness in creating awareness about the kidnapped corps member.
The leader of the group, Comrade Prince Obiajunwo Dike stated this while reacting on the abduction the corps member.
He accused the NYSC state Director of showing lackadaisical attitude over what he described as a serious matter.
“We are not happy over the nonchalant attitude of the NYSC state directorate; they have done nothing to create awareness to the public or the government for the freedom of the corps member serving in Rivers State. We will not take it for granted if by this weekend NYSC fails to show a serious concern.”
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