Kidnappers demand N10m for release of Chinese miners in Osun - Police

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Police: say kidnappers of Zhao Jian, 33 and Wen, 50, two Chinese nationals abducted on Monday at a mining site in Ifewara, Osun state are asking for N10 ransom
Police: say kidnappers of Zhao Jian, 33 and Wen, 50 two Chinese nationals abducted on Monday at a mining site in Ifewara, Osun state are asking for N10 ransom

By Olajide Idowu

Police say kidnappers of Zhao Jian, 33 and Wen, 50, the two Chinese nationals abducted on Monday at a mining site in Ifewara, Osun state are asking for N10 ransom to release them.

Spokesperson of Osun Police command, SP Yemisi Opalola, said this on Wednesday while giving update on the kidnapping incident to newsmen in Osogbo.

Opalola explained that  the command was intensifying efforts towards ensuring that the  Chinese nationals were rescued unharmed.

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She said the command  was working alongside other security operatives to ensure that the victims were released.

She, however,  urged residents of Osun state to equally help with credible information on the activities of criminals in

Their abductors were reported to have also shot two  private guards  of the miners who were taken to the hospital for treatment.

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