The family of Senior Adviser to the
President on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Mr. Oronto Douglas,
has intensified negotiations with kidnappers of their sister, Augusta
Douglas-Ayam.
Sources close to the family said
that Augusta’s husband, Mr. Azibayam Apaga, had pleaded with the
kidnappers to reduce the N10m ransom placed on his wife to N3m.
Augusta was last Monday, seized and
whisked away to an unknown destination in the creeks by nine gunmen who
were dressed in military fatigues.
The kidnappers, after keeping mum for
about four days, eventually contacted Douglas-Ayam’s family on Thursday
and demanded for N500m.
After failing to reach the Presidential
adviser, the bandits reportedly slashed their initial demand of N500m
ransom to N17m on Friday.
However, fresh facts emerged on Saturday
that the kidnappers had reduced their ransom from N17m to N10m. It was
gathered that the kidnappers came down to the N10m on Saturday morning
while negotiating with Apaga.
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