EXTRA: Kidnapping like akara business in my constituency, says Abia rep | TheCable

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Amobi Ogah, a member of the house of representatives, says kidnapping has reached an unprecedented peak in his constituency. Speaking with journalists on Thursday after moving a motion in the

said the spate of kidnapping has forced people to flee their homes, with farmers abandoning their trade.

“People are kidnapped almost every day. Not one, two or three. To the extent that they are now going to people’s homes to carry them at ransoms of N50,000, N30,000.”Ogah said people who are abducted on the highways are asked to pay ransoms in “millions of naira”. The motion was adopted when it was subjected to a voice vote by Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house.

 

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