Kidnappers demand N20 million naira as ransom.

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July 11, 2015 10:27 PM

Abductors of a lecturer at Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro Mr. Chike Gbemudu, are demanding a N20 million ransom for his releaseabductors of a lecturer at Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro Mr. Chike Gbemudu, are demanding a N20 million ransom for his release

Kidnapping is becoming rampant in the country these days.

ONE week after his kidnap, abductors of Ozoro Mr. Chike Gbemudu, a lecturer of Delta State Polytechnic, are demanding a N20 million ransom for his release.

According to a source in the school, contact had been established with the kidnappers.

“We cannot fathom the reason for his kidnap. Lectures are not rich, they are mere teachers who are making immense contribution to the development of this country,” the source who spoke on condition of anonymity, said appealing to the kidnappers to release the lecturer unhurt and unconditionally,” the source said.

Gbemudu, who is of the Directorate of General Studies in the institution, was abducted in the early hours of Friday and is still being held hostage by his captors.

Meanwhile, students of the institution have decried the rising wave of armed robbery attacks and other forms of criminality in the metropolis.

The students, who condemned the kidnap of their lecturer, lamented the incessant incidents of armed robbery in their hostels, saying they could hardly sleep with their eyes closed.

Reiterating that they had been suffering brutality and losing valuable items to hoodlums on daily basis, one of the students who sought anonymity, called on security agencies to intensify surveillance in the area.

Efforts to reach the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ozoro police division, Mr. Evans Onomuighokpo, for comments were abortive at press time.

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