The abductors of a former Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Sani Toro; a former Assistant Coach of the Nigeria Super Eagles, Garba Yila; and one of their friends, Alhaji Isa Jah, have demanded a total sum of N150m to free the ex-NFF officers.
Theeditorial.ng gathered that the EX-NFF officers were kidnapped around a village in Nasarawa State while returning from a wedding ceremony on Saturday.
They were said to have been on their way back to Bauchi from Abuja where they attended the wedding of the son of a former NFF President, Aminu Maigari.
They were said to have left Abuja around 5pm and were kidnapped around 7.30pm.
A family source, who confirmed the incident to The Punch in a telephone interview on Sunday, said the kidnappers had demanded N150m as ransom.
The source said the hoodlums spoke to their host, Maigari.
“Yes, it is true that he (Isa Toro) was driving with two of his friends when they were kidnapped yesterday (Saturday). The kidnappers are demanding a ransom of N50m for each of them,” the source said.
A family friend and neighbour of Toro, Mallam Ardo Hazzad, also confirmed the incident to our correspondent.
He said, “One of them, the former Super Eagles Assistant Coach, Garba Yila, is not in a good condition, health wise.
“It is unfortunate and pathetic for the incident to have happened after they went for the wedding of one of our friends. And if I was aware of the wedding, I would have been with them because I would have travelled with them to the wedding in Abuja.”
The Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakili, who confirmed the abduction, said he could not give details of the incident as it happened outside his state.
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