Nigeria: Bandits kidnap dead FRSC Officer’s Corpse, Mourners, Demand N450m Ransom

Suspected armed kidnappers have reportedly abducted the remains of a late Deputy Corps Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Augustine O. Ikwue, including the mourners accompanying his corpse to his hometown at Otukpo in Benue State.

It was gathered that the vehicle conveying Ikwue’s corpse ran into an ambush along Ochadamu-Ejule road in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State around 6pm, on Thursday.

The FRSC officer reportedly died in Osogbo, capital of Osun state, after a brief illness.

The kidnappers have reportedly reached out to the family, demanding N450million for the victims to regain their freedom.

FRSC Kogi State Sector Commander, Lawal Fagge, confirmed the incident, saying nine mourners, including two operatives of the commission, were kidnapped by the bandits during the attack.

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Fagge said Ikwue’s corpse was later abandoned around Ejule community, and has been handed over to the family for burial, while effort is being intensified to rescue the kidnapped victims.

Fagge said, “We recovered the corpse of the officer in Ejule community on Friday after frantic searching , and handed it over to the family. He was buried on Saturday in his home town at Otukpo in Benue.

“The abductors used the cellphone of the deceased officer, and called his wife, demanding huge sum of money for those in their captivity to regain their freedom.”

Security operatives, including the Army, police, hunters and vigilantes were said to have been mobilised to the area in an attempt to rescue the kidnap victims and possibly apprehend their assailants.

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