Gunmen collect N2m ransom ,free abducted victims in Imo

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From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri

Two victims,a male and a  pregnant woman, abducted by gunmen at Ndegwu in Owerri West Local Government has regained their freedom on Saturday after paying N2 million ransom.

The  pregnant woman was brutalized for not meeting up with the N2 million ransom , even as the male victim who paid the ransom was also beaten by the hoodlums.

Narrating their ordeals, a close friend of the male victim said, “Yes they  have been released after one of them paid N2 million ransom, but  he was badly beaten, his co abductee faced serious torture because she couldn’t raise the  money demanded.

“The female victim, who is said to be pregnant was badly beaten with bruises all over her body .”

The victims were abducted on Wednesday at about 8 pm ,while they were  in their separate shops. Their abductors who were in military uniforms pretended to be  buying something from them before they abducted  them.

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