Actors Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel’s kidnappers demands $100k for their release – AGN

The Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN has disclosed that the kidnappers of Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornell are demanding $100,000 ransom.

TopNaija earlier reported that Nollywood actors and members of the AGN, Okereke, and Clemson aka Agbogidi, on Thursday, July 28, were abducted on their way from a movie set in Ozalla Town, Enugu State. Read here.

The AGN national president, Emeka Rollas, while speaking with Premium Times on Saturday, July 30, revealed that the kidnappers made contact with their families and demanded a payment of $100,000 for their release.

“The kidnappers have made contact with the families and are demanding the sum of $100,000. We pray to God for his intervention and for Him to put confusion in their midst.

We are also working closely with the different security operatives, but we are not sure what to expect from them because the same thing is happening everywhere in the country.” He said.

Speaking on the event, the Enugu State Police Command said it has launched an investigation into the matter and has recovered an abandoned vehicle said to belong to actress Okereke.

According to the Command’s spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, the vehicle was found at Four-Corners on Enugu-Port-Harcourt Expressway, precisely within Ozalla community in Nkanu West LGA.

“The current report at our disposal dwells on a case of abandoned and recovered vehicle, as well as missing person. On July 29, at about 7:30 am, we received information that a red-coloured Toyota RAV4 Jeep with registration number AGL 199 CY was noticed to have been parked in an abandoned way at Four-Corners on Enugu-Port-Harcourt Expressway.

Hence, the location was visited and the vehicle recovered. Coincidentally, at about 11:30a.m., of same date, a report was further received stating that the vehicle belongs to Cynthia Okereke, who was last seen on July 26