A popular businesswoman abducted by gunmen in the Udu area of Delta State, Mrs. Bridget Emeka, has reportedly escaped from her abductors after spending 14 days in the kidnappers’ den.
Emeka was abducted on April 8, 2017, along the busy DSC Expressway by six armed men suspected to be kidnappers while driving in company with her daughter and granddaughter to her business location.
A family source disclosed that despite the payment of an undisclosed amount of ransom, her abductors refused to release her until she escaped from their den in Ugono/Adagbrassa in Okpe council area of the state.
The victim’s elder brother, Alhaji Mumakia Unuagha, also confirmed that her sister had regained freedom.
An elated Unuagha said, “Despite paying a ransom of N2m, her abductors refused releasing her until she miraculously escaped from their den in Ugono community near Adagbrassa in Okpe Local Government Area.”
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Andrew Aniamaka, also confirmed the development, disclosing that four of the six-man kidnapping gang had been arrested by the state police command.
Aniamaka said, “The victim actually escaped from her abductors, but the police who have been in hot pursuit of the hoodlums, succeeded in arresting four of them. I am not aware of any ransom. But efforts are still on to arrest the remaining suspects.”
