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Kidnappers demand N80m to free abducted IPMAN boss

FIve days after he was kidnapped in front of his house in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, abductors of popular member and factional chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Benin Depot, Alhaji Abdul-Hamid Egele, aka Baba Petrol, have demanded for N80million as ransom.

A source close to the family said in Auchi that “the kidnappers contacted the family (Thursday) morning and they are demanding N80million before he will be released. That is the development as at today and this is the first time they are contacting the family since Monday evening Monday evening when was kidnapped.”

An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the incident happened when Egele was returning home after the day’s business.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Bello Kotongs, when contacted, said the police had yet to get any new information about the kidnap and that the family had not informed the police they had established contact with the kidnappers.

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