A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Amobi Ogar, said kidnap is so much of a commonplace in his constituency that kidnappers now take N30,000 in ransom.
Ogar, who represented federal constituency of Isuikwuato/Umunneochi, Abia State, stated this on Thursday after presenting a motion on the situation at a plenary.
The lawmaker said crimes are everyday thing in Isuikwuato/Umunneochi with ransom demanded by kidnappers as little as N30,000.
According to him, “Today, I moved a motion over incessant attacks on my people (constituents). Kidnapping has become like akara business in my constituency.
“People are kidnapped almost every day. Not one, two or three. To the extent that they (abductors) are now going to people’s homes to carry them at ransoms of N50,000, N30,000.
“It is now a serious issue for me to move it on the floor of the house so that Nigerians will hear. As I speak, a lot of villagers have fled their homes, even our mothers don’t go to farms anymore.”
