Kidnappers kill ex-Ohanaeze boss….after collecting N30m ransome

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Shock and anguish yesterday trailed the confirmation that a former Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos State, Chief John Nzewi was killed by kidnappers who took N30 million ransom payment from his family. Chief Nzewi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and current president of Igbos In Commerce, hailed from Nnewi, Anambra State.

The deceased was said to have been kidnapped weeks ago during the re-run Senatorial elections in Anambra South district at Ihiala, Ihiala Council Area.
His companion (names withheld), who was kidnapped along with him, was reportedly freed on payment of ransom, while the family of Chief Nzewi allegedly, could not immediately raise the N50 million demanded.

Daily Sun gathered from a close family source that his family and the abductors allegedly later settled for N30 million. The kidnappers took the ransom only to release the corpse of Nzewi to the family.
The family has been thrown into shock and mourning, as they found it hard to accept the death of the PDP chieftain.

The family source said: “If we knew that they would kill him, we would not have paid the N30 million ransom they demanded from us. Now, what is the use? They collected the money and still killed him. All we have to do now is to prepare for the burial.”
Reacting to the death, the spokesman of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Diaspora, Chief Sonny Louis Okafor said, from investigations made, Nzewi’s captors collected the N30 million and killed him thereafter.
Okafor called on the acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Abubakar Mohammed, to come to the rescue of the people.

According to him: “We condole with the Nzewi family on this unfortunate incident. The Nigeria police should track down those who killed Nzewi. Let it not be like such incidents, which after investigation will be swept under the carpet.”

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