Retired civil servant’s daughters abducted for 12 years over N1m ransom
Twelve years after the disappearance of his two daughters on a farmland in Deeyor community, in the Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, a man, Rowland Monokpo, has said he believes they will return home someday.
Monokpo, a retired civil servant in a radio programme on Rhythm 93.7FM, Port Harcourt, on Monday said his daughters were preparing to start university education when they were kidnapped in 2009.
He expressed sadness that the abductors refused to release his two children identified as Scholatica and Maryann, after he paid part of the ransom.
Monokpo said, “I went to Akwa Ibom State to buy palm oil. So, when I returned, I didn’t see them at home. Suddenly, I received a phone call that my two daughters were carried away on the farm.
“I reported the matter to the police when they (his girls) spoke to me that their condition was critical and they (kidnappers) were threatening to kill them if I did not bring N1m. I was able to raise N200, 000, which I dropped at Kpopie Junction and they picked it.
“Since that time, I have not seen my two daughters till today. But I am still hoping in God that one day I may see my two daughters,” he said.
