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Police operatives on patrol
By CHARLES IWUOHA
A Catholic Priest, Rev. Father M. Okide of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu, and six other travellers were reportedly kidnapped in Enugu State on Sunday evening.
The Incident occurred between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. along Eke-Affa-Egede Road in Udi Local Government Area of the state.
It was learnt that the kidnappers have already made telephone contacts with relatives of the victims demanding N100 million as ransom.
Reports said the kidnappers had left the children of the victims inside their car crying helplessly before police operatives arrived the scene to evacuate them.
When contacted on the development, Enugu State Police Spokesman, Dan Ndukwe, did not pick several calls put across to him at as the time of filing the report.
However, operatives of Udi Police Divisional Headquarters are said to be already combing the area with a view to securing the release of the kidnapped persons.
