Update On The Kidnap Of The Wife Of CBN Governor: Soldiers Flood Benin-Agbor Road.

Regarding the Updates of The Kidnap of the Wife of CBN Governor Margaret Emefiele. Kidnapped on, a ransome of N1.5bn was rumored and later was N100m. Thursday the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris deployed helicopters at the scene of the crime along the Benin-Agbor road. Investigation have just begun.

The punch reports that the scene of the crime was flodded with police operatives and sniffer dogs trying to rescue Mrs Emefiele.

A senior police officer said: “We received information on Thursday that the CBN governor’s wife was abducted alongside three women and a male driver. They were on their way to Agbor, Delta State, where she hails from.

“We have deployed policemen, helicopters and sniffer dogs and we will arrest the suspects very soon.”

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The IG Special Intelligence Monitoring Team, headed by Abba Kyari, has commenced investigation into the incident.

Report has it that the kidnappers did not know her identity when she was kidnapped and there are fears they may increase their demand if they got to know she is the wife of the CBN governor.

Security experts have described her abduction as an embarrassment.

Mike Ejiofor, a former director of the Department of State Services, said the wife of the CBN governor must have had security operatives attached to her.

“I don’t know the circumstances around her abduction, but this is one of the highest profile kidnap cases in recent time.

“How can the wife of the CBN Governor, with all these security challenges be kidnapped? We need the details. Was any security operative attached to her?

“As the wife of the CBN governor, I expect she would need some protection. Until I get the details, I can’t talk much, but I believe something has gone wrong, which is very embarrassing,” he said.