{"id":307549,"date":"2024-01-26T22:19:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T21:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=307549"},"modified":"2024-01-26T22:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T21:19:12","slug":"police-didnt-rescue-me-from-kidnappers-i-paid-ransom-imo-traditional-ruler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/26\/police-didnt-rescue-me-from-kidnappers-i-paid-ransom-imo-traditional-ruler\/","title":{"rendered":"Police didn\u2019t rescue me from kidnappers; I paid ransom \u2013 Imo traditional ruler"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Ohiri, who recounted his experience, said that he \u201csaw hell\u201d in captivity<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A former chairman of the council of traditional rulers in Imo State, Samuel Ohiri, revealed that he secured his release from kidnappers by paying a ransom, contradicting the Imo police command&#8217;s earlier claim that they collaborated with other security agencies to ensure his freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Ohiri, who was kidnapped on June 6, 2023, from his residence in Orodo Mbaitoli Local Government Area, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/06\/nigerian-oil-regulator-nmdpra-seals-illegal-gas-stations-in-taraba-imo-states\/\">Imo<\/a> State, spent 13 days in captivity before being released.<\/p>\n<p>He was quoted as saying that \u201cContrary to what the police said about my release, there is no hiding the fact that the state police never played any role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually do not want to speak on this but I am doing it just to set the records straight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not disputing the fact that the police may have made efforts towards my release but I am talking what I know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was my relationship with God and the help from my family people that made it possible. Although, that was after we paid ransom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was my relationship with God and the help from my family people that made it possible. Although, that was after we paid ransom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ohiri, who recounted his experience, said that he \u201csaw hell\u201d in captivity.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI came back home to celebrate Christmas and New Year with my people in Obi-Orodo. Then on the 6th of January, I decided to visit one of my old boys and senior students of Emmanuel College Secondary School in those days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when I was coming back after visiting my friend around 8:30pm; I met able-bodied men in front of my palace gate, who came in their vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey double-crossed me and forced me into their vehicle. My cousin\u2019s brother smartly introduced himself as my driver and they set him free. They now blindfolded me and zoomed off to an unknown destination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was first kept in an uncompleted building before I was transferred to another location. Within the twelve days I spent in their den, I saw hell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looked so much as if they had some scores to settle with the traditional rulers and politicians, but luckily for me, their leader came out and ordered them not to torture me, that I am a decent man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNegotiations began between my people and the kidnappers which eventually resulted in setting me free after we paid the first and second ransom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey later took me and another victim to Eziama Obiato, a community in Mbaitoli LGA, along Owerri-Onitsha expressway, at night after I spent twelve days in their dungeon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd from there I found my way back to Owerri at Asumpta Cathedral roundabout where my people came and conveyed me back to my palace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohiri, who recounted his experience, said that he \u201csaw hell\u201d in captivity A former chairman of the council of traditional rulers in Imo State, Samuel Ohiri, revealed that he secured his release from kidnappers by paying a ransom, contradicting the Imo police command&#8217;s earlier claim that they collaborated with other security agencies to ensure his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":267347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[75628,574,75627,75626],"class_list":["post-307549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-eziama-obiato","tag-imo-state","tag-owerri-onitsha","tag-samuel-ohiri"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police didn\u2019t rescue me from kidnappers; 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