Kidnappers demand N50m to release Adamawa United’s bus driver

CHAIRMAN of Adamawa United Football Club, Emmanuel Zira,  has said that  the abductors of the club’s bus driver  have established contact and that the management of the club.

According to Zira the kidnappers are demanding N50 million as ransom to secure the  release of the driver.

Zira said, “The abductors already reached out to us and they made a demand of N50m ransom for the release of the bus driver. We hope for his safe return.”

Players of Adamawa United were attacked on Friday evening by gunmen while on their way to Lagos for a match against MFM football club.

They were attacked at the  Benin by-pass by the gunmen who abducted the driver and took him into the forest.

The gunmen were said to have stolen phones, money and other valuables from the players.

According to one of the players, Sadiq Lawan who spoke on phone to Yola from Benin, about eight of the attackers emerged from the bush and swooped on the team, shooting into the air.

“They (attackers) ordered us out, took our money and our phones. It was later we found out that our driver was taken away. We came back to Benin City,” he said.

The Permanent Secretary in the Adamawa State Ministry of Youths and Sports, Alhaji Aliyu Jada confirmed the attack.