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Gunmen Abduct Son Of Deputy Senate President’s Aide In Delta

  • The gunmen are said to have demanded a ransom of ₦50m to secure the release of the student

  • The victim’s father said that they later negotiated to ₦3m

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that a final year student of the Delta State University (DELSU) and son of a Senior Legislative Aide to the Deouty Senate President, Chris Oghojafor, has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.

The student of industrial chemistry was abducted on Friday night in Abraka, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of the state.

According to Daily Post, the gunmen are said to have demanded a ransom of ₦50m to secure the release of the student.

The victim’s father, John Oghojafor Esq, revealed that the kidnappers called his wife to demand the ₦50m ransom, but later negotiated to ₦3m.

He said, “They kidnapped my son since on Friday night. They called my wife to demand for ₦50million. Later, they negotiated to ₦3 million.”

Oghojafor, who made an appeal to the kidnappers to release his son unhurt, noted that Chris was just a student who was planning to be a better person in society.

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