Popular Wazobia FM Port Harcourt broadcaster Anthony Akatakpo, aka Akas Baba, who was abducted a week ago from his home at Rumuekeni in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, has been released.
It was gathered his abductors dropped him at 1 am in Emohua .
Reliving his experience, yesterday, Akas said his abductors initially demanded N10 million, but he was released without paying a dime.
He said although he was shot in the leg and hand, his abductors were friendly.
On how he was kidnapped, he said: “I was abducted from my home at Rumuekeni in Emohua Local Government Area. The gunmen shot at my gate and the bullet pierced through the door and hit me in my leg and hand, I was still bleeding when they took me away.
“They demanded N10 milliom but I told them I am an entertainer and I don’t have that amount of money. Journalism is a hustling job. The things I have today were given to me by my fans not that I actually acquired them.”
Akas, who doubles as a comedian, said he told his captors that their idea to kidnap entertainers would be a wasted venture.
He said the gunmen were angry about the lack of jobs in the Niger Delta.
“The gunmen are graduates. They said there is no job but they have employed themselves, they said their guns are the company from where they get their daily bread.
“I slept in an uncompleted building. They fed me daily with bread and water. They were friendly because they told me they are also my fans. They ordered me to entertain them daily, that was why I didn’t pay a dime for my release.
“I want to call on the government to provide jobs for the youth. My abductors told me they are eager to work but there are no jobs. Some of them said they had stayed 10 to 15 years searching for jobs.”
In Bayelsa State, Mrs. Joyce Ebua, elder sister of the Commissioner for Sports, Mitema Obodo, has been freed.
She was reportedly freed at 12.30 a.m. by her assailants at an undisclosed location in the state.
Ebua, 60, was said to have been received and driven home by her family.
Although it was gathered an undisclosed amount of money was paid as ransom, the family denied such transaction.
The victim was kidnapped on March 3 by five gunmen from her home at Oloibiri.
Obodor confirmed her release and said no ransom was paid.
Police spokesman Alex Akhigbe said the police were not involved because the victims’ relations kept the police in the dark. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Will the wicked men of this country hear this all important clarion call to rise up and build empires,conglomerates and earn respect for themselves in the country and stop taking stolen resources outside.
ReplyDeleteIs not just enough kidnapping small fish.
ReplyDeleteIs better they the kidnappers go for the big Fish(Political thieves) of the Land.