Saturday, April 19, 2025 - Kidnappers suspected to be herdsmen have abducted an Ezenwanyi (priestess) and three worshippers at a river in Obehe Orba in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Chijinkem Ugwuanyi, an Enugu media
personality, who confirmed the incident said the gunmen also abducted four
local farmers in the same community.
According to him, the incident
happened on Wednesday night, April 16, 2025.
“The first 4 persons were kidnapped at Ohebe river together
with Ezenwanyi, who took them there to perform or do their usual water
and #Fanta work and
Fulani herdsmen kidnapped all of them before the water goddess. The other 4
persons went for their cashew business inside their cashew farms and they were
also kidnapped,” he wrote.
Meanwhile, the
kidnappers contacted the families of the victims and demanded a ransom of N50
million but later reduced it to N15million.
According to
Senator Okey Ezea, representing Enugu North Senatorial District, “Kidnappers
and Fulani herdsmen have taken over Enugu North Senatorial Zone including
Nsukka.”
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