Kidnappers murder banker, dump corpse on roadside after ransom payment

A banker, identified as Ifeoma, has been killed by kidnappers in Anambra State after her family reportedly paid a ransom for her release.

Ifeoma was abducted in Onitsha before the kidnappers demanded and received a ransom.

However, according to human rights activist Harrison Gwamnishi, the attackers murdered her despite the payment and abandoned her body near Ideani junction, along the Nnobi/Alor road.

Gwamnishi shared the tragic news on Facebook, posting an image of the woman’s lifeless body on the roadside, drawing attention to the escalating issue of kidnappings and violence in the region.

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“Ifeoma, a banker was kidnapped in Anambra State. Ransom was demanded and the family paid but her abductors still k!lled her and dumped her body around along Ideani junction Nnobi/Alor road Anambra.

“Lives are being taken daily and it’s sad nothing is being done to end all this k!llings. WHO IS NEXT? If we keep fold our hands and do nothing, it will may get to you,” he wrote.

Meanwhile, the spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development, stressing that the corpse had been evacuated from the road.

Ikenga said, “The command received the information about an abandoned female corpse found along the Nnobi-Alor Road allegedly dumped by suspected kidnappers.

“The corpse has been evacuated, the pictures have been escalated and investigations have begun to unravel the circumstances behind the death of the victim.”