KIDNAPPERS in Rivers State have devised a new means of getting at their
victims and making their families part with huge sums of money as
ransoms.
It was gathered that kidnappers had begun to send
text messages, inviting their victims for job interviews but they hold
them hostage as soon as they turn up at the
addresses given to them by the abductors.
A
civil servant in the state, who simply identified himself as Joseph
told Southern City News how a friend’s cousin was kidnapped after
honouring an invitation for a job interview.
Joseph said in a
text message sent to our correspondent, “Don’t honour any job interview
invitation via sms if you did not apply for it. A family friend’s cousin
got one of such sms and he attended the supposed interview only to be
held hostage.
“His family was contacted and asked to pay N5m.
As at yesterday (Saturday), the kidnappers told the family that
theywould accept N2.5 million, which the family cannot afford.
“The guys (kidnappers) are threatening to kill him (their victim) by today if the money is not paid latest today (Sunday).”
When
contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni,
told Southern City News that he would brief the Anti-kidnapping Unit of
the
State Police Command on the new development.
Omoni
promised that the command would put measures in place to ensure that
those behind the dastardly act were arrested and brought to book.
Source: Punch Newspaper
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