76-yr-old woman escapes from kidnappers den

76-yr-old woman escapes from
kidnappers den
on october 30, 2013 at 12:59 am in news
Mrs. Otiti Esegba
BY EMMA AMAIZE & AKPOKONA OMAFUAIRE
OLOMU— MRS. Otiti Esegba, a 76 year-old
grandmother, escaped from the den of her
abductors about five hours after she was abducted,
Monday.
She was abducted at 2a.m. by a five-man kidnap
gang at Akperhe community in Olomu kingdom,
Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State
and taken away on a motorcycle to their den at
Oviri Olomu.
Mrs. Esegba is the mother of the Managing Director
of Ben-Segba Technical Services Limited, an oil
servicing firm in Ekpan.
Same day,
a medical
practitioner,
Dr. Richard
Kofi, a
native of
Okpare
community,
also in
Olomu
kingdom
was seized
as he was
entering his
clinic in
Ughelli. He also escaped from his kidnappers.
Prior to the Esegba and Kofi episodes, a lawyer, Mr.
Omonemu, was kidnapped by the gang and kept for
20 days before he regained freedom.
Mrs. Esegba, whose pleas to the kidnappers to free
her fell on deaf ears, said she began to pray that
God should make the two kidnappers guarding her
to fall asleep. She said they actually fell asleep. That
was when she ran.
The other three had left to go and abduct more
victims, saying they needed more money.
She told Vanguard: “At about 2a.m., while I was
asleep, I heard a deafening noise but before I knew
it, two heavily armed men stormed into the house
and seized me after pulling down my door.
“Three others, also armed, joined them and
ransacked the house, took my jewelries, my clothes
and money. They started beating and hitting me
with guns.
“Thereafter, I was dragged onto one of the waiting
motorcycles, popularly known as okada. One sat
behind me and the three others took the other
okada. The one seated behind me held my mouth
and I was blind-folded.”
When she escaped, a fisherman took her in.
She said: “He took me to his home at a place I later
found out to be Oviri-Olomu, after hearing my story.
“At his home I found out that he was married to my
niece. They clothed me as I was almost naked.”
“This man called my people at Akperhe at 6a.m.
They came and alerted Oviri community leadership.
That is my story.”