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Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday, December 21, kidnapped Grace Oghene Edegware, a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, alongside two sisters in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
According to a report on The Punch, Edegware and the two other women were said to be travelling on God is Good Motors when they were robbed at gun point and thereafter marched into the bush.
Head of Anti-Kidnapping Unit in Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FCT Police Command), Yemi Ola, has also confirmed the kidnap, adding that his office has received a report of the case.
He said: “The report was made at Kwali Division from where it was transferred to us yesterday (Thursday) night; we took a statement from the sister of one of the victims who was inside the vehicle. I told them to come back today and I am still expecting them.”
However, it has been gathered that the kidnappers have demanded N15m ransom from family of the victims.
While they demanded N5m from the family of the two sisters, the kidnappers demanded N10m from the father of Grace Oghene Edegware, a graduate of Accountancy from Delta state Polytechnic, Ozoro, who was deployed by NYSC to Lagos state.
Meanwhile, NYSC has commenced investigation into the death of three corps members in various circumstances.
The NYSC said on Saturday, November 3 that it regrets the death of the corps members and condoles with the families of the deceased who died during the on-gong 2016 Batch ‘B’ (Stream I) Orientation Course in Bayelsa, Kano and Zamfara states.
Chinyerum Nwenenda Elechi, Ifedolapo Oladepo and Monday Asuquo Ukeme died in the states and the incidents had caused serious condemnation across the country.
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