{"id":3504,"date":"2022-06-27T16:59:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T16:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3504"},"modified":"2023-06-03T01:03:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T00:03:18","slug":"gunmen-abduct-three-demand-n40m-ransom-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-abduct-three-demand-n40m-ransom-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Abduct Three, Demand N40m Ransom in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Abdul Babajide<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Three people have been abducted by gunmen in Ayere axis of Kogi State while travelling to a nearby town, Ibaram-Akoko in Ondo State.<\/span><\/p>\n The victims were allegedly going for a social event in Ibaram when they were abducted.<\/span><\/p>\n After their car was attacked, the kidnappers seized them and kept them hostage in the forest<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking about the situation, a relative of one of the victims revealed that the kidnappers had already set N40 million ransom demand and that talks to get them to lower it was in progress.<\/span><\/p>\n The incident occurred in Kogi State, which the Ondo Police Command claimed was outside of their purview when contacted.<\/span><\/p>\n Following the development, the Akala of Ikaram, Oba Andrew Momodu, cautioned travellers on the Ajowa\/Ayere\/Kabba and Ikaram Akunu to Ayere roads to exercise caution and avoid travelling at night because there are too many criminal elements in the surrounding forests.<\/span><\/p>\n Oba Momodu urged security personnel, vigilantes, and indigenous hunters in both states to work together to curb crime, especially kidnapping, which he said is rife in the axis.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Abdul Babajide Three people have been abducted by gunmen in Ayere axis of Kogi State while travelling…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1733,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-3504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-ayere","8":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"\n