By Dimeji Ogedengbe
As many are still basking in the euphoria of a brand new year, Nigerian actor and comedian John Okafor better known as Mr Ibu is on his toes, finding a way out of the kidnap pandemonium that struck his family late Tuesday (January 4, 2011) evening with kidnappers reportedly abducted his entire household, demanding a N50million ransom to release his wife, 14 month old son, brother and sister-in-law in their custody.
NET sources say the victims were driving to their Enugu home when the abductors pulled their car and whisked them to an unknown destination.
When NET spoke to the Lagos State Police Spokesman Frank Mba on the telephone, he expectedly refused to give any information on the incident.
‘I don’t have any information and I am not competent to speak on that’, Mba tells us.
Efforts to reach both the actor (Mr Ibu) and the Enugu police command as at press time proved abortive but sources in the know have confirmed to NET that the victims have not been recovered.
‘They have not been found but the police officers are combing the city to fast-track their recovery’, our source quipped.
UPDATE:
According to information reaching us from Enugu, the kidnappers holding the Okafor family have reduced the ransom from the initial N50 million to N6M.
Mr Ibu, who confirmed to our source that he’s in touch with the kidnappers noted that the hoodlums are hell-bent on nothing less than N6M before they can release his family members despite his continuous plea.
