4 Seized From Edo Clinic, Kidnappers Demand N100m Ransom

Four persons have been kidnapped from a Makeke Health Centre in Umakeke community, Akoko-Edo local government area.

Those abducted were a nurse in the health centre, Mrs Gladys Okomayin, a female secondary school student, Miss Tope Oriloye, and a couple, Mr Samuel Ilesanmi, who had rushed his son to Makeke Health Centre for treatment.

But the kidnappers were said to have abandoned the nurse because she could not walk fast to keep their pace in the bush.

The national coordinator of the Movement for the Advancement of Akoko Edo People (MAAP), Mr Omowumi Bode Ekundayo, said the Makeke hunters and vigilantes mobilised and combed the forest, but to no avail.

Omowumi said the kidnappers called to demand N100 million ransom for the release of Miss Oriloye and Ilesanmi.

According to him, “We have written, warned, and passed timely information to all security agencies and the tiers of government in Edo State earlier.

“Or is it not yet obvious that the worsening scourge will snowball into intractable catastrophes in future? Akoko Edo is surrounded. Is it not clear that Benue and Kwara States are fast descending to Edo State, their open gateway being the vast wilderness of Akoko Edo?”

Edo Police spokesman, Eno Ikoedem, confirmed the abductions and said efforts were on to release the victims.