Kaduna (Precise Post) – Bandits suspected to be kidnappers have abducted two lecturers in Kaduna state.
The first lecturer was kidnapped on Thursday, while the second who went to deliver a N2 million ransom and a new motorcycle to the kidnappers on Sunday was also detained.
The kidnappers are now demanding a new N5 million ransom for the release of the duo.
The incident took place at Mahuta community, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Although the State Command of the Nigeria Police Force had yet to confirm the incident, spokesman of the Kebbi State Indigenes Association in the state, Garba Muhammad gave the names of the two lecturers as Dr. Adamu Chinoko and Dr. Umar Chinoko, who worked at different institutions of higher learning in the state.
Chinoko is a lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, while the other, Umar Chinoko lectures at the Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna.
Chinoko was first to be kidnapped by the gunmen on Thursday, according to the spokesman.
The two kidnapped lecturers are all indigenes of Kebbi State.
