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FREE AGAIN: Eze Joel Udenkwo
There were wild jubilations Tuesday in Isiala Umudi in Nkwere Local Government Area of Imo State, as their abducted traditional ruler, Eze Joel Udenkwo, returned home after regaining his freedom from the kidnappers.
A close friend of the royal father toldNews Express: The kidnappers had agreed to get the ransom reduced to N12 million and later kill him. Thinking that the ransom had been paid, the two hatchet men with sharp cutlasses took him to him to a river with the intention to cut off his head, but, courageously, he overpowered them, pushing them into the river at about10pm and dived into the river and swam to safety. He was later picked up by the DSS who were invited by the villagers. He has minor physical injuries.”
Eze Udenkwo was abducted in front of his office, Udekings Electronic Plaza, on the busy Tetlow Road Owerri on Friday, September 9, 2022 at about 7pm.
As exclusively reported byNews Expresson Sunday, his abductors contacted the family on Sunday at about 4pm demanding N200 million.
