Nsukka: Gunmen Demand N20M For Release of UINN Chief Imam.

Enugu – Abductors of Sheik Adams Idoko, the Chief Imam, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Central Mosque have demanded N20m ransom as a condition for the release of the Muslim leader in Nsukka,

The Chief Imam was kidnapped last Thursday at Ogurite headquarters of Igboeze-north local government Area in the state while attending a meeting of Muslim faithful in the locality.

A source from the Central Mosque who pleaded anonymity told vanguard that the kidnappers has finally opened up discussions in the late hours of last Monday having held the Imam captive for five days without offering a word which sent shivers to the Muslim community in the University town of Nsukka, demanding N20m before they could free the Sheik.


The anonymous noted that UNN central mosque does not have that kind of money the kidnappers were demanding, they ought to know that the Sheik is not a politician nor business tycoon but only a messenger of Allah.

“Up till now, it surprises the community how the Imam who devoted himself to the work of Allah was a target for kidnap. If the central mosque has that kind of money, we would have finished the mosque project embarked upon four years ago,” the source said.
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