Someone I fed and clothed arranged my kidnapping – Rivers businessman

A Rivers state-based businessman, Alex Arthur, has narrated how a boy he fed and clothed contracted a gang to kidnap him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on September 8.

Talking in an interview with The Nation, the person mentioned ;

“There’s a boy I used to know in my former place of residence. His identify is Golden aka Sugar Gold. I met him early final yr. He was wanting unkempt, though he was sufficiently old to care for himself.

I used to be serving to, clothes, him. I fed him generally, showing him love although he wasn’t associated to me. However he was the one, who organized a gang of criminals to kidnap me.”

Narrating how he was kidnapped, Alex mentioned he was on his means again from the gymnasium when he was approached by his abductors.

“I alighted from my automobile to open my gate at Iwofe space, two guys approached me. One in every of them confirmed me an ID card claiming to be a naval officer and he known as my identify first, my telephone quantity,  my native authorities space. He known as out all my private data.

The opposite particular person introduced out a gun and requested me to go to the again seat of my automobile whereas the opposite one took cost of my driver’s seat.

They drove out of my avenue and we headed for D/line, the place the one driving went into an workplace, collected some paperwork and drove to the financial institution the place he carried out some transactions.”

He mentioned one of many assailants held him at gunpoint within the again seat all through the interval.

“From there, they drove me all the way down to an unknown space in Oyigbo axis, the place they saved me briefly and demanded a ransom of N1.5million. After the negotiations, they mentioned I didn’t give you an inexpensive amount of cash. They drove me again to my home in Port Harcourt, the place they made away with my tv set, emptied my fridge, turned my room inside out.

They left with the issues they collected, that are my automobile, telephone, tv set, N128,000, and an enormous sum of cash from my automobile and headset.

They introduced me again the identical day. They dropped me at my junction and zoomed off. I feel they felt it might be an inconvenience for them to maintain me captive. Furthermore, they have been simply two guys.

I used to be scared for my life. That they had a six-round loaded pistol pointed to my waist. They threatened to kill me. These guys are heartless and depraved.”

He mentioned the two-man gang members have been later tracked with the help of his stolen telephone and arrested by the police. He mentioned they confessed that Sugar Gold despatched them to kidnap me.

“I felt heartbroken that somebody I used to be helping to get on his ft circled to kill me. His individuals have been begging me to forgive him. I’ve forgiven him however he must endure the implications of his motion.”