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.
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.
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.
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 they would 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.
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