Kidnapped Ebonyi woman identified as Mrs Nkechinyere Onachukwu, by suspected herdsmen in Ishiagu , Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has narrated how she trekked for days in the forest when she was abducted but regained her freedom on Monday.
The Chairman, Council security, Emmanuel Ajah confirmed the release of the woman while speaking with Journalists on Tuesday in Abakaliki, capital of the state.
The woman was kidnapped in her farm in Amaonye Community in Ishiagu last Tuesday and she was reportedly rescued on Monday following manhunt by security agencies in conjunction with the Council security led by the Ajah.
Narrating, Ajah disclosed that the council had to bring in security trackers from outside the state to track the kidnappers movement.
“When security agents we deployed to track them were closing in on them they were forced to release her,” the chairman said.
Ajah stressed that security agencies are still on the trail of the kidnappers with a view to arresting them.
The Chairman of Council security observed that kidnapping has almost become a thing of the past in the council area since his administration came into office.
He recalled that the few kidnapping incidents recorded was as a result of herdsmen who cross the border from Abia State to grab women in their farms and run back across the border.
While recounting her ordeals, Mrs Onachukwu said she was in her farm when the suspected herdsmen kidnapped her.
She stated that they trekked for days before they got to the kidnappers den inside a thick forest.
“I was in my farm harvesting cassava when I heard a whisper, I turned and saw many men from all directions coming at me, I tried to run but they caught up with me and took me hostage.
“As I started to shout for help they started flogging me with their machetes and asking me to keep quiet. They dragged me into the bush”
“From there we trekked through bushes through the night until we got to a place where they brought out mat for us to lied down and sleep”
“The next day we continued till we got to their camp where they had make shift huts. There they called their boss who understood pidgin English. The rest were speaking their language”, she said.
“Their boss came and I started begging him to let me go but he said no that they will deal with me, that Ishiagu people are wicked”.
“He brought a phone and asked me to call anybody I know, so I called my husband and told him what happened. And from there they started negotiations,” she narrated.
When contacted, Ebonyi State Police Command’s Spokesperson Onome Onovwakpoyeya, could not be reached for comments as of the time of filing this report.
She did not respond to messages or take calls placed to her phone lines.
