Nigeria, April 2 -- Gunmen, on Thursday night, abducted another resident of the Pegi community in Kuje Area Council of Abuja. The victim was returning from work when he was kidnapped.

The victim, identified as Friday Adewole, was abducted around 9 p.m. along the 1000 Units Estate road. The kidnappers left his Honda car, popularly called End of Discussion (EOD), by the road side.

A spokesperson of the community, Oyedeji Oyetunji, said Mr Adewole's car was found very close to a police checkpoint though the police were not on duty at the time of the incident.

Until this morning when the abductors made a demand of N50 million as ransom, the identity of Mr Adewole was unknown to the community leaders who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES earlier about...