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Akwa Ibom: Abductors Of Turkish Expatriates Demand N200 Million

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Abductors of two Turkish expatriates in Akwa Ibom have demanded N200 million to release them.

The victims were abducted on April 10, 2017 from their Airstrip Hotel room in Eket Local Government Area of the state.

A security source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket that the abductors had been in touch with the BKS Construction Company in Onna Local Government Area where the expatriates work.

He said that the abductors contacted the construction company and demanded N200 million as ransom to release them.

“The abductors have demanded the sum of N200 million before the victims could be released to the company.

“The company is negotiating with the abductors to secure the release of the victims,” the source said.

According to the source, the firm is offering N500,000.

The State Police Public Relations (PPRO), ASP Chilly Ikechukwu, said the police were not aware of the ransom.

This abduction is one of several similar crimes that have followed the renewed restlessness in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.

The Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has struggled with relations with the people of the South South, the home of the Niger Delta, the owners of the oil and gas resources in the country.

President Buhari cast the tone for his relationship with the troubled oil region when a few weeks after his inauguration on May 29, 2015 he said that areas that gave him 5% votes (the South East and the South South), should not expected to be treated the same as areas that  gave him 97% of the votes (North East and North West).

He has followed through his policy of marginalisation by attacking leaders – political, business, and traditional – from the Niger Delta. One of his early presidential orders was that the stipends to former Niger Delta militants who were under the Amnesty Programme be stopped.

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