Kogi: Unknown gunmen abduct Imam, brother, demands 10 million Naira ransom

Unknown gunmen on Sunday kidnapped an Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, and his younger brother along the Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba Road, Kogi state.
Idannews gathered that the cleric and others were abducted while transiting the corpse of the late Chief Imam of Ayegunle Gbede, Sheikh Musa Olorunkemi, from Lokoja to Ayegunle Gbede in Ijumu local government of the state for burial when they ran into the kidnappers.
However one of the occupants of the car who escaped abduction told the newsman that the incident occurred around Oshokoshoko.
He explained that their car was moving ahead of the vehicle carrying the corpse of the late Sheikh Musa, who died on Sunday morning after a brief illness.
Another source confirmed that the victims’ telephone lines have been switched off since their abduction, but added that the kidnappers made contact with the family on Monday morning demanding for 10 million Naira ransom for their release.
Efforts to get the state police command’s response to the incident proved abortive as the spokesman did not pick calls when contacted.
It would be recalled that several people have been abducted on the road in recent times. On Sunday, 3 September, no less than 26 travellers, including a military officer, were abducted on the road. The gunmen kept them in the jungle for a full week, during which they collected a whopping 33 million Naira ransome.