The kidnappers of seven orphans and a security guard at the Rachel’s Orphanage Home, situated in Naharati, Abaji Area Council, in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have demanded for N30 million ransom.
The kidnappers had on Saturday, at about 1a.m, invaded the Orphanage Home and abducted seven orphans, including a security guard of the home alongside three others.
It was learnt that the abductors of the orphans are demanding for N10 million for the seven orphans, including the security guard of the home, and N10 million for each of the couple, Momoh Jimoh and his wife, Khadijat, who were abducted alongside another housewife, Rukaiyyat Salihu.
A source at the orphanage home, who preferred anonymity, told newsmen yesterday that the kidnappers made a phone call on Sunday and Monday, in which they demanded for N10 million for the seven orphans and the security guard before they could be set free.
He said the management had told the kidnappers that they have no such money, saying even the feeding and clothing of the orphans are through the support of some corporate organisations and some Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO).
He added the management had not reached any agreement with the kidnappers, even as he said security agents had been informed about the incident. The spokesperson of the FCT police command, ASP Maryam Yusuf, was yet to to confirm the ransom claims of both the orphanage home management and relatives of the three other kidnapped victims as at the time of filing this report.
