down the price asked by abductors and paid only 1.3 million
naira as ransom for the release of his wife from kidnappers.
Memunat Ogude, wife of the Nigeria midfielder, was abducted
on January 4 from her residence in Warri.
“Well, I paid nothing much for her release. I paid 1.3m naira
though they demanded 30m naira,” Ogude was quoted by
TheCable.
The delighted player disclosed that his wife was unhurt while in
the kidnappers' den but will undergo medical examinations.
“Yes, she is alright but I have to ensure that she is. I have
taken her to the hospital for proper medical tests and checkup
because the kind of ordeal she must have gone through in the
hands of the armed men is nothing to be taken for granted. I
have to be sure that she is very okay.
“She was taken to a very bad place, a swampy forest, a dirty
place to be kept for almost a week. Imagine what she must
have faced during the number of days she was kept there. But I
am thanking God that I got her back alive. It is her life that’s
the most important thing to me.
"You know that a lot of people will go there and won’t come
back alive, so I am happy that she is alright and alive.” he
concluded.
In recent years, Nigerian footballers have come under attack by
kidnappers. Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel's father was
kidnapped as well as midfieder Christian Obodo. However, both
of them regained their freedom, unharmed.
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