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They wanted millions: NYSC-bound traveller recounts kidnap ordeal

A prospective National Youth Service Corps member, Ibi Philip, has recounted how he and 11 other travellers were abducted in Edo State and held captive in a forest in Kogi State for more than a week, with their captors initially demanding N50m ransom.

Punch1 source1 min readFiled October 12, 2026

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