Kidnappers kill husband in front of wife and kids

Thursday, April 3, 2025 - A man, Godwin Anuka, who was kidnapped by suspected Fulani herders alongside his wife and two children in Ubulu-Uku, Delta State, has been k!lled by the kidnappers in the presence of his wife and children. 

Harrison Gwamnishu, the Senior Special Assistant on Civil Society and Youth Mobilisation to the Delta State Governor, disclosed this in a Facebook post on Wednesday, April 2. 

Gwamnishu said that the kidnappers had abducted two persons on March 23 and taken them into the bush while demanding ransom. The two kidnap victims were identified as Chibueze, a student of Delta State Polytechnic, and Mr Afam Soeze, who was picked up outside his gate at Ubulu-Uku. 

Gwamishu disclosed that while the kidnappers were hiding in the bush with the two abducted victims, they saw Anuka alongside his wife and two underage children working on their farm. 

Gwanishu, a human rights activist, said the kidnappers proceeded to abduct Anuka and his family and demanded ransom. 

Gwamnishu said, “Mr Godwin Anuka, his wife, and two underage children were kidnapped on March 29, 2025, at their farm in Ubulu-Uku, Delta State. It’s the same five sets of Fulani armed kidnappers that carried out these heinous crimes. 

“They kidnapped Chibueze from Ogwashi-Uku, trekked to Ubulu-Uku, and kidnapped Mr Afam. They trekked, crossed the Isah Ogwashi/Ubulu-Uku road to Power Line, and headed to a farm road towards Ani-Uje Ubulu-Uku, where they camped for days and started calling for ransom. 

“It was where they camped that they saw Mr Godwin and his family and kidnapped all of them.” 

He disclosed that the chairman of the local government mobilised military men to carry out a rescue operation, but after a ransom was paid, the kidnappers released some of the abducted persons, while it was revealed that Anuka was shot dead in the presence of his wife and children. 

He wrote, “The Ubulu-Uku Central Vigilante team and the Nigerian Army mobilised by the Aniocha South LGA Chairman, Hon. Pastor Jude Chukwunwike, and the Ubulu-Uku Palace made an effort to rescue them. 

“Yesterday, after a huge ransom was paid, the kidnappers released Chibueze, Mr Afam, late Godwin’s wife, and two children, and we were told that Mr Godwin was shot and killed right inside the farm in the presence of his wife and children.”