The Deputy Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Chief Imam of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Central Mosque, Sheikh Adam Idoko has been kidnapped, even as his kidnappers have come up with the demand of N20 Million ransom on him.
The whereabouts of the Islamic cleric who was kidnapped five days ago in his village known as Ogrute Enugu-Ezike, in Igbo-Eze North Council Area of Enugu State, where he had gone for a meeting is yet to be ascertained.
A member of the Nsuka central mosque confirmed that the kidnappers have demanded a ransom of N20m before they would free the Imam, saying: “we don’t have that kind of money; they should remember that Sheikh Idoko is not a politician or a business tycoon; he is working for God.
“Till now, I am still surprised why the Imam who devoted himself to the work of God should be a target for kidnap.
“If the UNN central mosque has that kind of money, we would have finished the mosque we started building for the past four years.”
Musa Mohammed, a Muslim faithful described the N20m ransom demanded by the kidnappers as unfortunate and outrageous.
“I plead with the kidnappers to release him unconditionally because he is working for God,” he said
Usman Bello, another Muslim faithful urged the kidnappers to respect Allah and set the cleric free, adding: “It is a serious abomination to manhandle those who are doing the work of Allah.
“We have been praying to Allah to touch their minds so that they will release him unconditionally. We do not know anywhere to get N20m for ransom.”
When contacted, the spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, DSP Ebere Amaraizu said the command was on trail of the kidnappers. [myad]
