Saturday, April 13, 2024 –Kidnappers of the wife of former Chief of Staff to former Governor Samuel Ortom, Terwase Orbunde, have demanded a ransom of N100m from the family to release her.
Hon Orbunde, who is being treated for
gunshot injuries in a hospital in Makurdi, said the abductors spoke to him at
about 8:30 am today themselves and through the captives.
The former Chief of Staff said his wife and
cook were very calm when they spoke with him
Kidnappers of the wife of former Chief of
Staff to former Governor Samuel Ortom, Terwase Orbunde, have demanded a ransom
of N100m from the family to release her.
Hon Orbunde, who is being treated for
gunshot injuries in a hospital in Makurdi, said the abductors spoke to him at
about 8:30 am today themselves and through the captives.
The former Chief of Staff said his wife and
cook were very calm when they spoke with him.
He revealed that during the attack, which
took place at about 6pm yesterday, the gunmen spoke Fulani among themselves and
communicated with him in Hausa, saying they would contact him on the phone.
The former Chief of Staff said they told him
that he should be prepared to send money to them and that if he failed to do
that they would kill his wife and cook.
The gunmen attacked Hon Orbunde on Friday
when he went to supervise work on his farm between Genocide Cemetery and Angus
Memorial College, along Mobile Barracks-Welfare Quarters Road in Makurdi, the
Benue State capital.
The former Chief of Staff was shot on the
forearm while his wife, Mrs Abigail Kashimana Orbunde and cook, Patience Ogute,
were abducted and taken to an unknown destination.
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