Kidnappers demand N70m in exchange for Nassarawa ex-deputy gov’s release.

Professor Onje Gye-Wado, a former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, has been kidnapped. His captors have demanded a N70 million ransom before releasing him.

A family source who is keeping track of the situation revealed to our Lafia-based correspondent on Saturday that the kidnappers had made their first phone call since snatching the professor on Friday.

According to reports, unidentified gunmen abducted Onje Gye-Wado on Friday morning in the Gwagi village of the Wamba local government area.

The report claims that because to the shortage of cash brought on by the Easter break, the family members are pleading with the kidnappers to accept N2 million rather than the N70 million that was demanded.

“The kidnappers are in touch with the family of Prof and they have demanded the sum of N70 million, but we are appealing that they should collect N2 million because we can not raise anything more than that due to the public holidays declared by the Federal Government for the Easter celebration,” the source said.