Di kidnappers wey dey hold di Chairman of Jezco Group, Chief Sir Joseph Ezeokafor, don increase dia ransom demand from N700 million go to N1.5 billion.
According to Arise TV report, di septuagenarian businessman bin dem abduct for early hours of Tuesday as e dey go prayer ground for im annual spiritual rejuvenation. One source wey dey close to di family, wey talk on condition of anonymity, tell Arise TV say di kidnappers first demand N700 million for di businessman release.
Di family reportedly accept di initial demand as part of effort to secure Ezeokafor freedom. But as tori dey go, di abductors later raise di amount go N1.5 billion. Di source still yarn say di family bin dey prepared to continue negotiation, but di kidnappers don stop to communicate with dem.
All attempt to re-establish contact with di abductors no don succeed, and dis one don put di businessman relatives for difficult situation. Di whereabout of Ezeokafor and di current effort to secure im release remain unclear.
Ezeokafor na im bin leave im house around 2am without im security details, and dis one reportedly make am vulnerable to di kidnappers. Di incident don generate concern among im associates and members of im community.
As e dey now over one week since di incident, Anambra State Police Command and di state government authorities neva issue any official statement on di reported abduction.
