Gunmen Abduct Amaechi’s Mother, Demand N20m Ransom

Suspected gunmen have kidnapped Appolonia Amaechi, the mother of Ikechukwu Amaechi, publisher of The Niche Newspapers.

According to reports, the kidnappers have also demanded N20 million as ransom for the 79-year-old grandmother  who was abducted on Tuesday, March 3.

Amaechi, while narrating the incident to journalists disclosed that his mother was forcefully taken from her home at Ahiazu in Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State around 8:30 pm.

He said: “It is true. My younger sister called and she was crying. I asked what the issue was, and she said that they kidnapped my mother in the village.

“That my mother had just finished dinner and was in the living room watching television when three men with guns and faces covered came in and went straight after her.

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“That she was crying and shouting, and they bundled her into a car they drove into my compound and left.

“My younger brother’s wife, my young cousin in SS3, among those to sit for WAEC this year. You know the way the village setting is, so my cousin, a school principal was around.

“It was the phone they used in calling me the following day that they wanted to talk to me. I said okay. They confirmed that they were kidnappers and have my mother.”