KIDNAPPERS KILL HOSTAGE AFTER COLLECTING RANSOM

MR Njo Amadi, who was abducted from his home last Saturday by unknown gunmen, was found dead on Thursday, even after his relatives had paid a ransom of N2 million for his release.

This happened just before the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Flush Out 3, foiled a kidnap/ robbery attempt on a company, CBC, in the Trans-Amadi Industrial area of Port Harcourt in the early hours of Friday.

BAYELSANEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM gathered that the relatives of Njo Amadi had been contacted by his abductors and made to pay N2 million for his release after which they directed them (the relatives) to go to a street off Iwofe, where they promised to abandon their victim.

The family members, who had followed the description given them eventually found the corpse of Njo on the street.

It will be recalled that security agencies in the state as well as the state government had maintained a zero tolerance policy towards ransom payment.

A source, who has close contacts with the family of Amadi disclosed to reporters that the deceased’s first son had been arrested by the police for interrogation when he was first abducted last week.

According to him, Njo had been in serious confrontation with his wife and children and had vacated his home for the safety of his life, as one of his sons had threatened to kill him during a serious misunderstanding.

Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Rivers Police command, Mrs Ireju Barasua, said she heard of it in the command’s briefing, but that nothing had been said about any ransom payment.

She however promised to get a more detailed briefing on it and get back to the press with it.

In another development, the JTF, at about 3:42 am, yesterday foiled an attempted kidnap/robbery attack on one of the companies in the Trans-Amadi business area of Port Harcourt.

According to information, the hoodlums, numbering about 20, were armed with all sorts of dangerous weapons ranging from guns to machetes and hammers.

They had dealt deadly blows on some of the staff of the company who were at work before one of them managed to escape and alerted a JTF patrol team that was about 1,000 meters away.