The abducted Deputy President of the Abia State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) Comrade Ikechi Nwaigwe has been set free by his captors. Nwaigwe regained freedom with one plea to federal and state governments: declare a state of emergency on security as well as provide jobs for youths to stem […]
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The abducted Deputy President of the Abia State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) Comrade Ikechi Nwaigwe has been set free by his captors. Nwaigwe regained freedom with one plea to federal and state governments: declare a state of emergency on security as well as provide jobs for youths to stem the spate of kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country.
Nwaigwe who was abducted at the gate of his residence at the Federal Housing Estate, Ogbor Hill, Aba, said he was baffled to discover that kidnap for ransom had become a booming business.
Narrating his ordeal to reporters in Aba, the NULGE official who is still in hospital over injuries inflicted on him by the kidnappers, lamented that he was abducted as he made attempt to drive into his residence and taken to a forest where he was kept with three pregnant women.
He said, “I’m calling on the federal and state governments to declare a state of emergency on security across the states. The security agencies should re-strategize on how to end this menace. I was kidnapped at the gate of my residence at about 7pm and kept in a forest for five days with three pregnant women; we were given food that could barely stop us from starving. They kept maltreating us because they said our families are delaying the ransom. At 11pm interval, they will unchain us and remove the blindfold and take us into a building. But 5pm, they will chain and return us to the forest, it was routine. I was released on the early hours of the fifth day when they told me that my ransom has been paid. It is an experience I can never wish anybody, even my enemy.”
He urged the government to create jobs and provide soft loans as well as build skill acquisition centres to empower youths to divert their energies to useful ventures.
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