Tension has enveloped the sleepy Enugu-Ezike community in
Igboeze North council of Enugu State following the reported abduction of Chief
Lawrence Chukwuemeka Eya, father of Enugu North senatorial district aspirant,
Chinedu Eya.
The 68 years old man was reportedly trailed to Kogi State
from where he was abducted two days ago.
The development has thrown his Igbo-Eze North kinsmen into
anxiety, especially as the kidnappers have placed N15million ransom on him.
His son, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial
aspirant for Enugu North district, Mr. Chinedu Eya, who confirmed the incident,
begged his father’s abductors to free him.
Eya, who said political colouration may not be ruled out, noted
it was unhealthy for any persons to introduce brigandage into Enugu politics.
“Right now, I really feel pain as a man, I cried because the
old man cannot be suffering, he put his life on the line for some of us to
survive. Now that he should be benefiting, somebody wants to intimidate him.
“I don’t know where it is coming from but I am only saying
that people should change their style of politics, and not do politics that old
way. Let’s do politics with that mindset of sportsmanship, where the loser is
still a winner.
“We can see ourselves, greet ourselves, hug ourselves and do
other things. We must not become enemies because there is something. I am not
concluding yet, it maybe political, it might be anything. I think it is
targeted at me, but it will not affect me.”
He confirmed that the family was in talk with the
kidnappers, stating that “yes, they asked us to bring N15 million; they are
coming down, we believe God that something great will happen.
“But we are begging them to release him even without ransom,
because he is a father; he is a father to those people holding him and they
should treat him as such.
“My father is an easy going man; since I was born, he has
never been invited to a police station, he has never had issues with anybody.
So, he does not deserve this kind of treatment.”
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