By John Ugo
The Executive Director Esan Youth for Good Governance and Social Justice, Comrade Benson Odia, said on Monday that the abductors of 32 victims of Edo state train station attack have established contact with some families of the kidnap victims
He disclosed that the kidnappers have also demanded for N20 million for each victim.
Odia stated that the demand was absurd and called on the authorities to intensify efforts in rescuing the 31 abducted persons that are still being held captive.
He also said that the Minister of transportation, and chairman of the Nigeria Railway Corporation were at Igueben to assess the situation themselves.
Odia said the authorities promised to engage the use of helicopter on Tuesday as part of the efforts to locate where the victims were kept in the bush.
He said, “I can tell you that the kidnappers have demanded N20 million, totalling N620 million. This is absurd and I don’t know where poor people will be able to raise that amount of money.
The Police Pubmic Relations Officer of the state police command, Chidi Nwabuzor said he would confirm the uthenticity of the claim.