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It has been reported that three officials of Niomoco Ltd, a company
in the Itakpe area of Kogi state, were abducted on Monday, while their
kidnappers have demanded a ransom of N30million.
The identity of the victims has been revealed by one of their
colleagues who identified the affected workers as John Job, Mohammed
Tajudeene, and Samuel Abiodun, adding that the incident took place as
they were about resuming the day’s operation.
"They were abducted as they were about entering the Niomco
management building, after the second gate of ore rail line division of
the engineering services department of the company.
"The kidnappers later called the chief executive to demand for
N30 million ransom. This is the first time that we are experiencing this
act, though we have experienced robbery within the premises.
"We would appreciate if they can be rescued because their families cannot handle the situation," the colleague said.
It was gathered that kidnapping is on the rise in Kogi and some
other parts of the country, with the government promising to do
everything possible to tackle insecurity.
Recently, the Oyo state government introduced capital punishment for kidnapping.
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