The owner of Itugbe Queens football club, Precious Agbajor and five grassroots female footballers have been abducted by unknown gunmen in Uronigbe, Orhiomwon Local Government Area of Edo State.
It was gathered that 6 of them were kidnapped at the border town between Edo and Delta State on their way from a football tournament at Owa-Alero in the Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State on Friday, August 12, 2022.
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According to a source from the area, the abductors had contacted the families of the victims, demanding a sum of N5m ransom each for the victims.
"They (footballers) went to Owa-Alero to play a football match. On their way back, they were kidnapped at the Uronigbe area, the boundary between Delta and Edo states,” the source disclosed.
"The victims include Mrs Precious Agbajor, one Abraham, Nancy, Beatrice, and the driver. They are six in number that are in the kidnapper’s den. The matter has been reported to Uronigbe police station. The kidnappers have contacted the family of Agbajor and asked them to pay N5 million for his wife”, the source added.
DSP Bright Edafe, Delta State Police Command spokesman, while confirming the kidnapping incident, adding that the abduction happened in Edo.
But his account seems not to tally with that of his counterpart from Edo State, Chidi Nwabuzor, who when contacted, said from the record available at the State Command, that there was no information about the incident.
"You know, we transmit our records to Force Headquarters everyday. There is no record of that before us. From the Command’s record, no such incident happened yesterday (Friday), so the police will not give an account of anything unreported." said Nwabuzor.
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