Mike Ozekhome's Abductors Demand N250 Million Ransom, Issues 3-Day Ultimatum

According to social meia reports, the suspected abductors of Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and the All Progressives Congress leader in Edo North, Athanasius Ogbome, may have contacted the relations of their victims, demanding N250m altogether as ransom for their release.

It is recalled that he victims, both from Edo North, were abducted between Ehor and Iruekpen, along the Benin-Auchi road, last Friday.

While some social media reports claim that Ozekhome’s kidnappers had contacted his family and were demanding a ransom of N150m, giving a three-day ultimatum for payment, Ozekhome’s elder brother, Pius, was reported to have insisted that none of the family members had been spoken to by any of the abductors.

Still, another report maintained that the abductors are demanding N100m for his release.

Meanwhile, the Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Eguavoen, is said to be keeping sealed lips on the situation aside from saying that the police was “seriously monitoring the situation and we are still on search.”