Crime & SecurityNewsKidnappers Demands ₦5,000,000 From Family Of The Abducted Journalist

Kidnappers abducted Guardian Newspaper, Bayelsa State Correspondent Julius Osahon and other passengers who were on transit to Ughelli, Delta State on Sunday morning.

The gunmen who emerged from the bush along Evwreni Community axis of the East-West Road near Patani open fire on the ill-fated bus, killing the driver and abducting passengers including Osahon.

It was also reported that 5 of the victim were released on Monday, March 28, around 8:30am.

A source close to Osahon’s family confirmed that the kidnappers have contacted the journalist’s wife and family members and are demanding for ₦5,000,000 for his release.

A neighbour to the abducted reporter in Yenagoa, stated that a female passenger who was among the passengers released by the abductors on Monday came to the Amarata neighborhood to inform them about what happened to them and how Osahon and other passengers were held captive by the abductors.

The lady who was reportedly jittery and traumatized of the experience said about five of them, 3 from Delta and 2 from Yenagoa were among the passengers in the bus who were miraculously released by the kidnappers on Monday while the rest of the passengers including Osahon were still held in captivity.

Meanwhile, the leadership and members of the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel (FCC) of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State council has condemned the abduction of the Journalist and other Nigerians who were going about their legitimate businesses.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Chairman of the chapel, Chris Eze and the Secretary, Bassey Willie, appealed to the security agencies in Bayelsa and Delta states to synergize and ensure that Mr Osahon and all other victims of the ill-fated bus are rescued unhurt, enjoining the Federal and State governments to ensure that there is adequate security on highways.

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Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)

Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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