While confirming the development, a family source disclosed that the girl, who was abducted after the fleeing gunmen killed her elder brother, was freed after a ransom of N600,000 was paid to them by her family.
The source further disclosed that the kidnap victim was immediately hospitalized after her family members picked her from where her abductors dropped her owing to the shock and trauma she suffered seeing her brother murdered in her presence.
“The young girl has regained her freedom after days in the kidnappers’ den. She was freed on Thursday morning. The sum of N600,000 was paid by her elder brother to secure her freedom.
“The girl was immediately hospitalized. She was in a bad state. The shock she suffered seeing her brother murdered in cold blood in her presence and the trauma she went through in the kidnappers’ den aggravated her health condition.”
According to report the gunmen had earlier demanded for the ransom N3milllion, but later settled for N1million after much plea.
“The family is running around to raise the money and free the lady. They don’t want to lose another member of the household after losing Theo.
“The abducted girl is in pains. The kidnappers gave her a mobile phone to speak to her family members and she kept crying. Her condition is bad.” A source had said.
It would be recalled that Mbakwe, popularly known as Chiboy, was shot dead in front of his parents’ house by the gunmen who abducted the lady from the victim’s vehicle on Saturday.
It was learnt that the deceased was the first son of the late Chief T.C. Mbakwe, the first indigenous paint manufacturer in Nigeria.
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