Abductors of Rhodes-Vivour Family Demand ₦300m

Kidnappers who last Friday abducted the wife, daughter and driver of a Supreme Court Justice, Bode Rhodes-Vivour, have established contact with the family.

The Guardian learnt that the abductors have demanded a ransom of ₦300 million from the family of Rhodes-Vivour before they could release their victims.

The victims were said to be travelling to Edo State ahead of the justice’s daughter’s wedding when they were accosted by unknown gunmen along Benin-Sagamu Expressway and taken to an unknown location.

Meanwhile, operatives of the Nigeria Police led by the Commissioner of Police, Folusho Adebanjo and members of the vigilance groups in villages around Ovia North-East Local Council have relocated to the Ekiadolor/Ugbogui forest, the possible zone where suspected kidnappers may be keeping Mrs Rhodes-Vivour and her daughter.