The gunmen who kidnapped Benue State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mathew Abo, last Sunday in Zaki-Biam, have demanded a ransom of N60 million.

The abductors made the demand in a phone call to a member of the family.

The recipient of the call who pleaded anonymity for security reasons stated that the kidnappers have resorted to torturing the commissioner to press home their demand.

According to the source, they called and turned up the volume on their phone so that their thrashing of the commissioner and his calls for help could be heard.

The kidnappers arrived on four motorbikes, ordered everyone in the house, including the commissioner’s wife and children, to lie face down, and then whisked him away on one of the motorcycles to an unknown place.

According to witnesses, the abductors forced the commissioner to sit behind the rider of one of the motorcycles while a shooter sandwitched him.

The kidnapping occurred after 8 p.m. on September 24, 2023.

Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia had already warned his Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism’s kidnappers to release him unharmed.

On Saturday, Governor Alia addressed his supporters at the IBB Square in Makurdi to celebrate his victory at the state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.

On August 29th, 2023, Mathew Abo was sworn in as a member of the Benue State Executive Council.

https://www.tvcnews.tv/2023/09/abductors-of-benue-commissioner-mathew-abo-demand-n60-million-ransom/

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If a commisioner can be abducted with mere motor bikes and no criminal sophistication,it just goes to tell that absolutely no one is secured and that kidnapping is just a past time for the boys to keep body and soul.what an absolute joke of a country

And the frog-eye druggie was busy begging foreign investors to come to Nigeria to invest.
Who go come? Make kidnappers take dem chop.

The governor better sits up before these dirty uncircumcised hoodlums behead his commissioner. This is getting direr every other day with the bandits becoming more daring. One day a governor or Minister could be in their net. What is PBAT waiting for to rein in on these antisocials? We accused Buhari of incompetence and collusion. We have a fresh broom now, PBAT should please don't give the body language of business-as-usual else Nigeria could be captured one day in Taliban style. Too many non-state actors.

As Dem kidnap d information minister,who come dey give us dis information??

This is pathetic

I’m not mocking him, but he’s having a firsthand experience of the trauma and pains victims of these wicked kidnappers are passing through.

Padre is gonna release some Benjamin's, no shaking

60 milli milli



May God punish every kidnapper out there

Death penalty for kidnapping only solution.

That's the way it is.. in BAT (Buhari and Tinubu) jungle or zoo called Nigeria

Make them no kidnap Governor one day sha.

A whole minister of information chaii,nd na there type go dey grant interviews saying the state is d safest place on earth,awon eyan Lai Mohamed

Banditry is one of the Legacy left behind by the darling daddy of the vulture griller Mannabbqgrillz

Let the DSS track and arrest these guys, technology have made many things easy.

What audacity!

They should kill him if he refuse to pay. In fact ultimatum of few hours should be given. Useless people you self no go sleep. You think say ma only masses go suffer . All politician should be kidnapped including the useless emilokan

Why he no get securities...Abi he stingy to himself ni.

omoh..........be lyk person go begin join dis boys/work ooh

60m naira pere? Hunters have become the hunted lately

The way these bandits will kidnap people and go free this period will be so bad. These guys are just warming up.

No be say I like evil… but this kind of sweet my belle.
You all close to the governor, but will not tell him the truth…
Y’all only care about your pocket.
How many people for Benue don waste.
Surely we know his Oga and friends will provide the 60M and tell us he was rescue by the police.
I just hope it won’t be too late for him.
Watching evil thriving because of money

Useless country without no security

Them go release am.

If you check well, na him kinsmen kidnap am. Research well. Make him settle them as na commissioner him be.

A sad situation.

So who go settle this matter? Cos King of settlement sef get matter for hand! Station don reopened!

Fatbam005:
They should kill him if he refuse to pay. In fact ultimatum of few hours should be given. Useless people you self no go sleep. You think say ma only masses go suffer . All politician should be kidnapped including the useless emilokan

i sure say you no get father or you sef na kidnapper

Fatbam005:
They should kill him if he refuse to pay. In fact ultimatum of few hours should be given. Useless people you self no go sleep. You think say ma only masses go suffer . All politician should be kidnapped including the useless emilokan

Please just keep quiet.

eliyke:
As Dem kidnap d information minister,who come dey give us dis information??

Fatbam005:
They should kill him if he refuse to pay. In fact ultimatum of few hours should be given. Useless people you self no go sleep. You think say ma only masses go suffer . All politician should be kidnapped including the useless emilokan

Wittyness

benuejosh:
Them go release am.

If you check well, na him kinsmen kidnap am. Research well. Make him settle them as na commissioner him be.

I don check am well, his kinsmen hand dey inside this matter. Na rat wey dey house dey tell the ones wey dey outside say food dey for house.

benuejosh:
i sure say you no get father or you sef na kidnapper

it shall not be well with you. When poor masses were brutally killed by same kidnappers in the villages under their watch what did they do. .