Benin Monarch offers bus as ransom for abducted brother
Monday Etokhana, a commercial bus driver in Edo state of Nigeria, has been missing since June 30.
His monarch brother said he has informed the suspected abductors to take the bus Monday was driving at the time of his kidnapping as ransom enough to set his captive brother free.
Jackson Etokhana, traditional ruler of Avianwu, the Ogieavianwu of Avianwu clan in Estako Central local government area of Edo State, said his brother was last seen on June 30 after he was hired to drive a passenger from Lagos to Owerri in Imo state.
He is believed to have been abducted on his way to Onitsha after dropping his passenger in Owerri at about 10:30pm on June 30.
Jackson told journalists in Benin City that several attempts to locate his brother proved futile.
He said he believed Monday was kidnapped because his phone had not been switched off. At least two people picked calls put through to the line on different occasions.
One of the suspected kidnapper’s voice sounded like a female’s.
Although the suspected kidnappers are yet to demand a ransom, Jackson said he told them to take the Toyota Sienna bus his brother was driving in exchange for his freedom.
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