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The
Super Eagles midfielder Fegor Ogude’s wife Maimunat Ogude has been kidnapped
according to reports received. Ogude who also plays his international football
with Amkar Perm of Russia making the announcement on Tuesday said she was
kidnapped by armed men in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria on Monday night.
The
player said he left home before his wife and children also went out with their
children. He said he received a call from his junior brother later called to
say that his wife had been kidnapped by unknown persons who sent his children
out of their family car and drove away with his wife in the car.
Ogude said he immediately made a
report to the police but he has not been able to trace the kidnappers nor hear
from his wife since 7:30pm on Monday night. He, however, said the police had recovered
his car in Ughelli with no further developments on the matter.
He expressed concern with the
whereabouts and state of his wife who had been incommunicado since the incident
occurred.
In
a related development, friends and teammates of Ogude have expressed their hope
and prayers that his wife, Muminat is rescued from the clutches of the
kidnappers safe and sound.
They
observed that the player is presently disturbed about the incident and called on
the Nigeria Police to intensify its efforts to get his wife back from the
kidnappers as soon as possible.
Kidnapp
cases have risen in the country in recent years, not too long ago the mother of
the country’s dream team Eagles, Samson Siasia was kidnapped and later
released. There have been other high profile kidnap cases and the security
agencies do not seem to have yet found a solution to this vice that is slowly
turning into the norm.
What
can be done to stem this? Let’s hope the police and other relevant agencies can
come up with a solution soon enough as others too play their part for the
resolution must be multi-faceted.
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