The kidn@pped former Delta State Commissioner for Technical Education, Hon. Joan Onyemaechi Mrakpor, has been released by her abd¥ctors.
Mrakpor, an evangelist and politician, was released late Friday night, August 9, after 11 days in captivity.
The abd¥ctors had earlier demanded N1billion ransom, however, SaharaReporters reliably gathered that a yet-to-be-disclosed huge amount of money was allegedly paid as a ransom before she was released.
A source who spoke to the news outlet disclosed that former governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, and the Delta State government played vital roles towards her release.
“You know initially the kidnappers demanded a ransom of N1billion from the family and the family said they didn’t have such huge amount of money. The family begged for a lesser amount of money and at the end of the day, a compromise was reached and ransom was paid and she was released,” the source stated.
The spokesman of the Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, also confirmed the release of Mrakpor, popularly known as ‘Ada Anioma’, late Friday night.
Hon. Mrakpor was kidn@pped by g¥nmen on July 30 from her church premises along the DBS Road in Asaba, Delta State. A Police aide and one other person lost their lives in the kidn@p att@ck while some others sustained inj¥ries, Leadership reports.
