Benue State Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama has stated that the command rescued a father, son and another girl from the den of kidnappers.
The police boss stated this on Thursday when he addressed newsmen in Makurdi.
According to him, one Chief Vincent Agu, a businessman resident in Katsina-Ala town was abducted penultimate Tuesday along with his son.
Makama explained that the suspected kidnappers later on the same day released the son on the ground of him to source for money to pay ransom for the release of his father.
The police boss said that at the time the boy was released to source for fund, the kidnappers demanded for N20 million and later reduced it to N10 million.
He said that as soon as the information got to the police, his men swung into action and the elderly man was rescued after nine days in captivity without payment of ransom.
”The abductors refused to collect the sum of N5 million that was raised by the victim’s family, insisting that the N10 million must be complete before Agu would be released,” the CP said.
He said that a policeman and some of the kidnappers were injured during the gun battle that ensued before the victim could be rescued while four of the suspected kidnappers including three women who were feeding him were also arrested.
Makama further said  that another girl who was also kidnapped was rescued after a ransom of N200,000 was paid by her father.
Agu who spoke to our correspondent at the command headquarters in Makurdi said that at a point, his abductors threatened to kill him.
“They asked me to say my last prayer because they were going to kill me and I said a very dangerous prayer which they didn’t like at all. I thought I was going to die but suddenly, the police came and rescued me nine days after I was kidnapped.
Narrating how he was kidnapped, Agu said he was at home about 6pm that fateful evening when his son told him that he wanted to go to the dry cleaner and he allowed him with a warning that he should be careful.
According to Chief Agu, it was about 7pm, they heard his car horns at the gate and one of his children went to open the gate for him only for the kidnappers who must have either trailed him or been hanging by the gate to jump inside and forcefully demanded to see him.
“As soon as they sighted me, one of them called my name and said they had come for me. They now bundled both my son and I into my station wagon car and drove away with us. For those harrowing nine days, I didn’t know that they released my son. I thought he was still with them”, Agu stated.
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