Abducted University Don Regains Freedom in Benue - AllAfrica.com
Makurdi and Umuahia — THE family of the abducted lecturer, Dr. Joseph Orsar of the University of Agriculture, (UAM), Makurdi, who was abducted by unknown gunmen last Friday, has heaved a sigh of relief as the victim regained his freedom from his... The Guardian gathered that Orsar, a lecturer with the Department of Wild Life and Range Management at UAM, fell into the hands of the abductors around 5:00pm in his house located at the Federal Housing Estate, North Bank, Makurdi. Narrating his ordeal to The Guardian on behalf of the victim, the Acting Chairman of ASUU, UAM, Dr. Bemgba Anjembe said the abductors had later contacted his family and demanded a ransom of N30million to be paid before he would be released. Anjembe said while the family was making arrangements to see to his release, Orsar was said to have managed to escape from his abductors and ran into Gbagyo village in Guma Local Council where the Kindred Head of Nnanev, Zaki Orkpe Gbagyo, who... According to the ASUU acting chairman, "as a union, we wish to state that the act of kidnapping, demanding of ransom and ransom taking is condemnable and we are asking security agencies to investigate the circumstances surrounding the abduction of... Source: allafrica.com
