Despite collecting ransom, kidnappers kill banker in Anambra

A tragic incident has been reported in Anambra State, where a banker identified only as Ifeoma was killed by her abductors despite the family paying a ransom for her release.  

Ifeoma was reportedly kidnapped in Onitsha and later found dead, with her body dumped around Ideani Junction along the Nnobi/Alor road.

Human rights activist Harrison Gwamnishi brought the shocking news to light in a Facebook post on Tuesday. He revealed details of the incident and shared an image of a woman’s lifeless body abandoned by the roadside.

“Ifeoma, a banker was kidnapped in Anambra State. Ransom was demanded and the family paid but her abductors still k!lled her and dumped her body around along Ideani junction Nnobi/Alor road Anambra.

“Lives are being taken daily and it’s sad nothing is being done to end all this k!llings. WHO IS NEXT? If we keep fold our hands and do nothing, it will may get to you,” he wrote.

Meanwhile, the spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development, stressing that the corpse had been evacuated from the road.

Ikenga said, “The command received the information about an abandoned female corpse found along the Nnobi-Alor Road allegedly dumped by suspected kidnappers.

“The corpse has been evacuated, the pictures have been escalated and investigations have begun to unravel the circumstances behind the death of the victim.”