{"id":2758,"date":"2022-04-01T13:49:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2022-04-01T13:49:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:49:35","slug":"apostolic-pastor-six-other-benue-link-passengers-kidnapped-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/apostolic-pastor-six-other-benue-link-passengers-kidnapped-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Apostolic Pastor, Six Other Benue Link Passengers Kidnapped in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Gunmen have abducted seven passengers in a Benue Links vehicle along Kabba-Ayere Road, a border community between Kogi and Ondo States.\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;\">The wife of one of the abductees, Mrs Hanna Orhena, told newsmen on Friday that her husband Pastor Steve Orhena and son Tertsea were kidnapped on Tuesday, 29th March, 2022 at 3pm in a Benue Links bus enroute Lagos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">She said the kidnappers had made contact with her demanding the sum of N5 million for the release of her husband<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe abductors called me on Wednesday between 10pm and 11pm and demanded N5 million but I negotiated for N500,000 which they refused and asked me to get someone who could speak Hausa, but my husband and son spoke to me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThey told me that they came from Zamfara and have a boss in Abuja. I only negotiated for my family and I think they are calling everybody\u2019s family for negotiation. 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