{"id":2703,"date":"2022-03-22T11:26:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T11:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T11:26:53","slug":"kidnapped-kogi-businesswoman-regains-freedom-after-paying-n5m-ransom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kidnapped-kogi-businesswoman-regains-freedom-after-paying-n5m-ransom\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapped Kogi Businesswoman Regains Freedom after Paying N5m Ransom\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mrs. Ugochukwu Okpala, owner of Seat of Wisdom Supermarket in Lokoja, Kogi State has regained freedom from her kidnappers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Okpala was kidnapped on Friday 4th March 2022 shortly after closing for the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Confirming her release, a family source said she regained freedom after the payment of N5 million ransom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The source said others rallied round to raise the ransom, over two weeks after her abduction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cWe remain grateful to God Almighty that she was freed in whole. Now, where do we go from here? Everyone rallied round. We had to combine forces to put up money. Five million naira was paid before they let the woman go. What is all these?\u201d The source queried.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), William Aya, is yet to confirm the release of Mrs Okpala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Phone calls to him went unanswered as of the time of filing this report.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mrs. Ugochukwu Okpala, owner of Seat of Wisdom Supermarket in Lokoja, Kogi State has regained freedom from her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[34],"class_list":{"0":"post-2703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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