Gunmen kidnap football club proprietor in Kogi

Gunmen on Saturday kidnapped the proprietor of Dynamite Force Football Club based in Iyamho, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, Bernard Jomah.

He was reportedly kidnapped along the Okenne-Lokoja Road in Kogi State between 7pm and 8pm on Friday on his way from Abuja.

Family sources who confirmed the incident said his abductors ordered him to call his family to inform them that he had been kidnapped and thereafter demanded a ransom of N20m.

The Media Officer of the club Shehu Momodu in a statement yesterday said, “We call on the Security outfit and Kogi State Government to please come to the aid of our Chairman to ensure his quick release from his abductors.

“We urge our fans to channel their thoughts and prayers on the Chairman for his quick release. We believed at the end we shall say glory be to God,” he said.

He said the report of the incident had been lodged with the police in Auchi and Benin.