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Kidnapping for Ransom Influence from Simon Ekpa Has Continued Unabated-Soludo

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Last updated: January 18, 2025 5:33 pm
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Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State on Saturday disclosed that arrested Finland-based self-acclaimed Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa “has continued kidnapping for ransom”.

Soludo said kidnapping is currently a business that is more lucrative than drugs and oil.

The governor who spoke in Awka, the state capital, said before he became governor, eight local government areas in the state were being controlled by gunmen.

Soludo also recalled how his father was kidnapped in 2009.

He said: “Kidnapping is not new, my father had been kidnapped as far back as 2009. GU Okeke, Pokobros and many others have fallen victim too.

“Before I assumed office, about eight local government areas were being controlled by gunmen.

“They killed policemen and collected guns, attacked and burnt down police stations and went into the bush to label themselves liberators.

“We came in and went to work and cleared them and we recovered the eight local government areas that were under siege. These gangs claim to be Biafra freedom fighters. IPOB has dissociated itself from it, but one Simon Ekpa has continued kidnapping for ransom.

“Kidnapping for ransom is now the most lucrative enterprise, even more lucrative than drugs and oil. For every one naira reported as payment for ransom, five to six naira was not reported.

“With a culture that celebrates wealth without craft, even the kidnappers amongst us are now celebrated. Idolatry which these criminals have converted to has become the fastest-growing religion in the South-East. Nothing is sacred to them anymore.”

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