N60m ransom has been
demanded by kidnappers for the adoption of American missionary kidnapped from
her workplace in Kogi State.
Rev. Phyllis Sortor was
snatched by masked gunmen, who stormed the Hope Alive Nursery/Primary School,
which she runs in Emiworo, Ajaokuta Local government Area of Kogi State on
Monday.
According to the Nation, Commissioner
of Police Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi said the five kidnappers had tabled N60 million
ransom demand.
The kidnappers were “unknown
gunmen (who) came into the school premises shooting sporadically to scare away
people before taking (the hostage) away into the bush”,
He added that the gunmen
came through the hill at the back of the school and forcibly pulled her out
from her office. The abductors scaled over the fence with her. They all
disappeared through the hill
“Her whereabouts are
unknown but the police have deployed their men to secure the pupils and locate
Rev. Sortor.”
The abducted missionary
worker is from Seattle in the United States.
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