Abductors of Mr. Monday Ekoriko have established contact with the family, and demanded payment of N50 million ransom, or risk being killed if the demand is not met within the stipulated time.
Ekoriko is the Principal-General of Madonna Community Secondary School (MCSS), in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
According to the family, Ekoriko was seized by unknown gunmen at his country home, Udianga Enem Village in Etim Ekpo LGA, last Saturday night, while planning to attend Sunday service at United Evangelical Church (UEC).
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Speaking with our correspondent Friday, Menyene, his eldest son, who narrated the incident said “they (the hoodlums) called me on phone and the number was hidden, saying we should hurriedly arrange N50 million ransom before my father could be released.”
“The discussion was so brief and sharp with threat that some people have paid for my father to be killed, that only a higher amount would save him,” Menyene said.
He said his father’s Lexus SUV the kidnappers used in whisking him away, had been recovered abandoned at the Ekparakwa axis of Oruk Anam Local Government Area.
The Youths’ Leader of the community, Comrade Udeme John, described the incident as sad, and enjoined the Police and other security agencies to intensify their efforts with a view to rescuing the teacher alive and unharmed.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Odiko MacDon, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed the recovery of the teacher’s SUV, assuring “operatives of the Command are closing in on the criminal elements.
“We can confirm the recovery of the car, the Police have nothing to do with ransom, but I can assure you that very soon the hoodlums will be apprehended and brought to justice because the Commissioner of Police Olatoye Durosinmi, who is personally directing the operation has zero-tolerance for crimes,” he assured.
