Gunmen abduct CBN Governor’s wife, demand N100m ransom

Kayode Ogundele
Kayode Ogundele
Godwin Emefiele, CBN Governor

Wife of Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Margaret and four other persons, including a driver have been kidnapped along the Benin-Agbor Road.

A top police source told The Eagle Online that contrary to initial claim, it was not only Margaret that was kidnapped.

“Though for their security I will not disclose those with the wife of the Governor (Godwin Emefiele), I can tell you that five other persons were kidnapped along with her.

“They are her driver and four other women with whom she was travelling.”

The Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team has been deployed alongside other crack detectives of the Nigeria Police to rescue the victims.

Meanwhile, the kidnappers were said to have reached out to the Emefiele family demanded a ransom of N100 million.

According to a top police officer in the Office of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, the abductors vowed not to release their victim until the ransom is paid.

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